I wasn't saying they aren't allowed to cry after receiving a defective toy. What child wouldn't be upset after something like that? I'm not THAT cold hearted.
I'm saying they should be taught that whining and crying is not a method to convince a parent to make a purchase for them.
Not that I disagree, but you don't have kids older then 2 do you?
Not that I'm saying the kids don't have a reason to cry should they have bought it and found it to be defective. I'm saying they shouldn't have been crying and whining to get their parents to PURCHASE it.
No, I don't have kids. However, my father raised two boys that did not throw tantrums if they didn't get what they wanted. I expect to use the same methods he used to raise my future kids.
And no, we did not grow up scarred, traumatized, and resentful of the childhood we had.
No, they can "require" that I submit to a search to remain on their property. If I say "no" on my way out, all they can do is tell me to leave, which is exactly what I was trying to do in the first place.
I believe there is a disclaimer near the front of the store that anyone entering the store may be subject to search (especially if the security alarm has gone off -which may or may not be your case). So by just stepping foot on to their property they can search you with reasonable suspicion.
At their discretion too, they can choose to detain you till the police arrive if they believe you have stole something.
It's a balance of rights, your right against search and seizure, and their right to protect their property. Sometimes "rights" lose.
I guess it depends on circumstance. If I just walked into a store, got a 360 and took it home and it didnt work, sure I would return it. But if I waited in line 6 hours, fought customers just to purchase a broken item for my kid who is crying, then if I called Microsoft and got the run around, hell yeah I would sue. Of course I dont have the whole story, so he could just be wanted to cash in.
Maybe those kids are spoiled and should be brought up not to whine and cry because they don't always get what they want.
Is that why Wal-Mart greeters always insisted that my civil rights end at the door when they attempted to check my bags all the time? Is that why I always had to make a scene and refuse? Hell, this is one of the reasons I stopped going to Wally World -- along with the fact that they are evil.
Hehe, one time I told one of them "Who died and made you a peace officer?" as I refused his third order to stop while walking out the store. Guess what?
Considering that you walking on to private property they have every right to search your bags should you be on their property. How is it different from getting frisked before heading into a dance club?
In fact, it's probably better than you stopped going to Wal-Mart, at least then it saves their workers the grief of having to deal with someone such as yourself.
Just apply some shaving cream or dish wash soap onto the inside of your goggles and wipe off thoroughly with a dry paper towel. This should prevent fogging no matter how hard you breathe.
However, if you don't wipe ALL the cream/soap off carefully, your breath will cause a wet film to develop.
Is 300 GB necessary? From a content producer standpoint, I don't want to be able to fit that much content on a single disc... then I can't charge as much for the special 4-disc pre-Christmas release edition.
As if geeks everywhere won't be flocking to the nearest Best Buy to get their One-disc Star Wars Collectors Set.
Even with 512MB of RAM, Azureus (the hugely popular Java-based BitTorrent client) takes forever to start up, responds sluggishly to user input, and sucks down so much RAM that the Windows PC it's running on is nearly useless for any other task. This isn't simply the nature of BitTorrent - other clients run far more smoothly.
Maybe there are reasons for this that aren't directly related to Java. Maybe Azureus just isn't very well-written, or maybe it's just feature-bloated. Maybe the Windows JVM just stinks.
I have not noticed anything that you describe. My Azureus runs just as fast as anything else I have running at that time. In fact, I can even work on several photoshop items at the same time I'm using Azureus and have not experienced any slight slow down or sluggishness.
I don't know about that. It's an extremely vague and rather "racist" way of phrasing it. You don't say "the brown man too down the world trade center". You say "guys from Saudi Arabia". Likewise, while I'm not a terribly historically versed individual, I'm pretty sure most of the "evil" was done by "guys from Spain", "guys from France" and "guys from Britain".
There are lots and lots and lots of "white men" from countless other parts of the world.
I'm not saying it isn't an inflammatory statement. However, for Natives at the time, they didn't know where these invaders came from. The only way for them to reference these people was to pick the most *defining* features about them, which is the paler skin colour. Also, someone probably would describe the hijackers as brown skinned individuals if they have no idea what their backgrounds are.
In addition to that, if you have ever watched old western movies, the Native Indians always referred to the cowboys as "White Man".
Frankly, I'm tired of people trying to lay some trip on me because I'm a "white male".
I believe the "White man" reference was directed towards the very first settlers who in comparison to the Natives were lighter skinned, hence the description of "white".
Had darker skinned people from Africa settled, or yellow skinned from Asia, I'm sure the Natives would have said "Black man", or "Yellow man" instead. Which has no bearing on those people of the same skin colour today.
In Canada it's not called "Canadian bacon", it's just called "bacon".
Canadian beer and cigarettes are so much better than those in the US, when it's obvious that the reverse is true.
You got facts to back up this claim? For the beer anyway?
I mean, really, who in their right mind can't tell that a Krispy Kreme donut is so much better than one from Tim Horton's?:-)
Krispy Kreme made a hasty retreat back to the US when no one was eating them anymore. Though, I would probably attribute that to them not having the blueberry filling donut available here in Canada. Damn, that's the only good flavour they have.
only men work there? no? how hard is it to say 200 person? come on.
It's pretty hard. Ask my high school PE teacher. He would walk into this all male gym class and promptly yell out, "Alright LADIES, get your asses up and on to the track, DOUBLE TIME!!"
"Men", "ladies", those two, amongst many others are interchangeable in the English language so it seems.
hmm... anyone know what the power breakdown for these items is?
There are stickers either stuck to the back of the appliance, or they are molded into the shell of the appliance that give the energy specs. Look there.
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I wasn't saying they aren't allowed to cry after receiving a defective toy. What child wouldn't be upset after something like that? I'm not THAT cold hearted.
I'm saying they should be taught that whining and crying is not a method to convince a parent to make a purchase for them.
Not that I disagree, but you don't have kids older then 2 do you?
Not that I'm saying the kids don't have a reason to cry should they have bought it and found it to be defective. I'm saying they shouldn't have been crying and whining to get their parents to PURCHASE it.
No, I don't have kids. However, my father raised two boys that did not throw tantrums if they didn't get what they wanted. I expect to use the same methods he used to raise my future kids.
And no, we did not grow up scarred, traumatized, and resentful of the childhood we had.
What was your friend's idea, anyway?
:(
I think you'll have to sign a non-disclosure form before he tells you unfortunately.
No, they can "require" that I submit to a search to remain on their property. If I say "no" on my way out, all they can do is tell me to leave, which is exactly what I was trying to do in the first place.
I believe there is a disclaimer near the front of the store that anyone entering the store may be subject to search (especially if the security alarm has gone off -which may or may not be your case). So by just stepping foot on to their property they can search you with reasonable suspicion.
At their discretion too, they can choose to detain you till the police arrive if they believe you have stole something.
It's a balance of rights, your right against search and seizure, and their right to protect their property. Sometimes "rights" lose.
I guess it depends on circumstance. If I just walked into a store, got a 360 and took it home and it didnt work, sure I would return it. But if I waited in line 6 hours, fought customers just to purchase a broken item for my kid who is crying, then if I called Microsoft and got the run around, hell yeah I would sue. Of course I dont have the whole story, so he could just be wanted to cash in.
Maybe those kids are spoiled and should be brought up not to whine and cry because they don't always get what they want.
He doesn't even need to go to an illegal method to sort things out.
I have a few ideas to share.
1. An array of Roman Candles fired off prior to take off or landing. Though, a smart lawyer can find a way to get you in trouble.
2. Large helium balloons held down by thick ropes.
3. Smoke grenades, bonfire smoke, burning your own leaves, etc.
4. My most innocent idea... a duck pond filled with ducks. Just scare them into flying towards the helipad. You can't sue Mother Nature. hehe...
Is that why Wal-Mart greeters always insisted that my civil rights end at the door when they attempted to check my bags all the time? Is that why I always had to make a scene and refuse? Hell, this is one of the reasons I stopped going to Wally World -- along with the fact that they are evil.
Hehe, one time I told one of them "Who died and made you a peace officer?" as I refused his third order to stop while walking out the store. Guess what?
Considering that you walking on to private property they have every right to search your bags should you be on their property. How is it different from getting frisked before heading into a dance club?
In fact, it's probably better than you stopped going to Wal-Mart, at least then it saves their workers the grief of having to deal with someone such as yourself.
I'm thinking more along the lines of Mischief.
So far he's good. My spinal cord regeneration thesis can back that up.
If you put nose cells all over the body, and they accidently get bumped, do your eyes get watery?
Cause that would suck.
Just apply some shaving cream or dish wash soap onto the inside of your goggles and wipe off thoroughly with a dry paper towel. This should prevent fogging no matter how hard you breathe.
However, if you don't wipe ALL the cream/soap off carefully, your breath will cause a wet film to develop.
Works great in my motorcycle helmet.
Is 300 GB necessary? From a content producer standpoint, I don't want to be able to fit that much content on a single disc... then I can't charge as much for the special 4-disc pre-Christmas release edition.
As if geeks everywhere won't be flocking to the nearest Best Buy to get their One-disc Star Wars Collectors Set.
Even with 512MB of RAM, Azureus (the hugely popular Java-based BitTorrent client) takes forever to start up, responds sluggishly to user input, and sucks down so much RAM that the Windows PC it's running on is nearly useless for any other task. This isn't simply the nature of BitTorrent - other clients run far more smoothly.
Maybe there are reasons for this that aren't directly related to Java. Maybe Azureus just isn't very well-written, or maybe it's just feature-bloated. Maybe the Windows JVM just stinks.
I have not noticed anything that you describe. My Azureus runs just as fast as anything else I have running at that time. In fact, I can even work on several photoshop items at the same time I'm using Azureus and have not experienced any slight slow down or sluggishness.
Perhaps it is your own setup?
Bacteria are mostly made of water anyway. Even though the microwaves are tuned to heat up water that dosn't mean that they will only heat water.
The bacteria die because they get boiled in their own water. Boiling from inside out is a painful way for them to die.
Kind of like how shrimp and lobster explode in the microwave because of the water heating up in their bodies.
"Numbnuts?"
Is that like... what you get from taking a cold shower?
I don't know about that. It's an extremely vague and rather "racist" way of phrasing it. You don't say "the brown man too down the world trade center". You say "guys from Saudi Arabia". Likewise, while I'm not a terribly historically versed individual, I'm pretty sure most of the "evil" was done by "guys from Spain", "guys from France" and "guys from Britain".
There are lots and lots and lots of "white men" from countless other parts of the world.
I'm not saying it isn't an inflammatory statement. However, for Natives at the time, they didn't know where these invaders came from. The only way for them to reference these people was to pick the most *defining* features about them, which is the paler skin colour. Also, someone probably would describe the hijackers as brown skinned individuals if they have no idea what their backgrounds are.
In addition to that, if you have ever watched old western movies, the Native Indians always referred to the cowboys as "White Man".
Frankly, I'm tired of people trying to lay some trip on me because I'm a "white male".
I believe the "White man" reference was directed towards the very first settlers who in comparison to the Natives were lighter skinned, hence the description of "white".
Had darker skinned people from Africa settled, or yellow skinned from Asia, I'm sure the Natives would have said "Black man", or "Yellow man" instead. Which has no bearing on those people of the same skin colour today.
I do assert that Tim Horton's coffee is absolute garbage.
Heretic!
True.. and Cortez/Pizarro weren't quite so "generous" in Mexico and South America
Over there, the Natives are thankful for Spanish Flu anti-bodies.
Would that be Canadian bacon, or American?
:-)
In Canada it's not called "Canadian bacon", it's just called "bacon".
Canadian beer and cigarettes are so much better than those in the US, when it's obvious that the reverse is true.
You got facts to back up this claim? For the beer anyway?
I mean, really, who in their right mind can't tell that a Krispy Kreme donut is so much better than one from Tim Horton's?
Krispy Kreme made a hasty retreat back to the US when no one was eating them anymore. Though, I would probably attribute that to them not having the blueberry filling donut available here in Canada. Damn, that's the only good flavour they have.
The same goes in Canada. If you are pulled over for speeding, the officer will find no further evidence of speeding in your trunk.
Really? phew! For a second there I thought my NOS kit would be discovered!
then it's back to the survival of the fittest-- and the weak, disabled, young, and elderly are on the wrong end of this game.
Well, this is where evolution steps back in. Only the strong survive, the weak die off.
Evolution ceased to exist for humans when stupidity was no longer fatal.
only men work there? no? how hard is it to say 200 person? come on.
It's pretty hard. Ask my high school PE teacher. He would walk into this all male gym class and promptly yell out, "Alright LADIES, get your asses up and on to the track, DOUBLE TIME!!"
"Men", "ladies", those two, amongst many others are interchangeable in the English language so it seems.
I believe the savings in fuel will offset the 1% greatly making that a negligible amount to deal with.
hmm... anyone know what the power breakdown for these items is?
There are stickers either stuck to the back of the appliance, or they are molded into the shell of the appliance that give the energy specs. Look there.