It's not a fun thing to "suck up" in the name of security. Particularly when it's basically a fucking illusion in the first place.
Hey, and I'm not even a current road warrior, having local projects for the majority of this year. It will impact where/what projects I'll consider in the future.
Try doing it 2 times a week and then come back saying "I don't see the big deal about checking all of your bags".
Airports are already an extra hour out of your day to get IN so you can wait for typically another hour. This is if you can remain at peak efficiency - no checking of luggage, everything's already in your jacket pockets to speed through security, etc etc.
Additionally, that hour or two of downtime (when the inevitable delay happens, I get to fly into/out of Chicago O'Hare which delays flights if a bird shits in a mile radius of the airport) can be productive if I have my computer. Now, however, that's not an option.
In fact, the entire travelling time is wasted. And guess what - companies still expect you to bill X hours, so now you're screwed out of another 2 hours when you land. Maybe more, depending on the reliability of the flight.
This is disregarding any sort of lost luggage. Which does happen. And sometimes you're not on an expense report; I'm an independent contractor now so I bite the bullet on any sort of incurred costs in travel.
It's not one of these "gee it's a minor inconvenience, suck it up". It's a major inconvenience for many road warriors, and a chunk of them are frustrated and pissed. Walk a mile in a man's shoes, etc.
I like how you snipped the part of my post to enable the flame. You know, the part where I said "which is good." But hey, you got to call someone a dumb ass today. I hope you feel better, and don't worry, with people skills like you have, your life will be looking up in no time.
it correlates to the proximity of the election and the position of Republicans in the polls. Or at least it did in 2004.
This time around, they might have something; while the cynical part of me is, well, cynical, it appears they disrupted something pretty major. Which is good.
I think it's relevant to point the fingers in the right place. Currently, the Republicans appear to be behind vote scams. However, my point was neither party is above reproach; the Republicans simply happen to be in the enviable(?) position to engineer such fraud.
Both sides, however, need monitoring by a vigilant populace.
And yes, I meant earlier elections (1960 was the one I was thinking of, but 1962 is a good choice as well) but got confuzzled with the Dem Convention that ended in riots.
Call me Machiavellian, but I'd wager this goes across party lines. Self interest of those in power to maintain said power. Just as gerrymandering isn't a one party phenomenon, neither is vote-rigging. (1968 democrats, possibly 2000 and 2004 republicans)
One of my favorite pastimes when I was 24 or so was trying to get friends to open goatse.cx from work. The standard trick was to href it into something like "Yahoo! News: Free Beer in NYC" or something like that, and then laugh and laugh when they opened it.
So does that qualify as a felony now? That would totally ruin my christmas cards.
Christmas corresponds with Saturnalia. Many of the Christian holidays were shifted to Roman pagan holidays in the time of Constantine to allow for an easier adoption of Christianity as the state religion.
The idea that Dems have no coherent agenda is laughable. . . it's like saying there's no in-fighting in the Republican party (another idea popularized on right wing radio). Both are simply untrue.
The major difference, however, is where the leadership is coming from. Repubs are primarily driven by a few think tanks and the Karl Rove brigade, which was able to whip people into shape up until this year. We've seen just in recent weeks Bill Frist (and many other Repubs) break away from the "Party Agenda" to ideas favoring what they think their constituencies desire. Which is natural; the current administration (some argue the entire Republican party) has fallen into deep disfavor among the people and Repubs are scrambling for damage control.
Dems are going through a different transition, driven by the "Vast Left Wing Conspiracy" characterized by MoveOn. There's in-fighting right now, because many of the Democratic leaders aren't leading us in a direction we're willing to go. Asserting Lieberman or Hillary are centrist is laughable; they're Right.
Many people feel that the one thing is needed at this point is obstructionism. Bush and cronies have gotten us nowhere good with a rubber stamp congress, and requires someone(s) to stop him. Bush is not nor will ever be a coalition builder. His dirty political master Rove has ensured that none of the current Republican flock will be effectual in building a coalition, with few exceptions. (Those exceptions being centrist republicans that have tended to vote against the R groupthink in the first place)
The democratic party is developing a coherent agenda for 2006. The messages are getting out to those who actually care to listen. And a coup is developing in the Dem party, driven by grass-roots efforts to make politicians accountable to the wishes of their party, not their lobbyists.
People will pay for the convenience of purchasing mj cigs. You can grow your own tobacco currently, but who does?
Additionally, even if you do grow your own, we're talking about a significant investment (approx $1k for a decent system to grow a set of clones, plus the space to do so; cheaper than now since you wouldn't need to conceal it) and your quality will still vary wildly initially as a "hobbyist".
Or, you spend $10 and get a quarter of prerolled mj cigs.
I'd wager that some die hards will roll their own, so to speak, but a significant amount of the populace will pay taxes on a product of consistent quality.
Plus, let's not forget that pot is extremely inflated price-wise due to the War on Some Drugs, with the high price ($40-$60 for 3g of quality herb) partially offsetting seized shipments and the like.
Prior to the escalation of Green Merchant and Reagan's initiatives, an oz cost approximately $30. (which still offered a significant profit for the at-home cultivator)
Similar to Galaga and most games from that era, there was a point where the boards stop changing essentially. In Pac Man, once you hit one of the top fruits, it was unchanging in terms of speed and the like.
Ms Pacman introduced the cut scenes and "story" to the game, which (I suppose) could be said to finish when you see the final cutscene with JR Pacman. However, there was one more level set afterwards, IIRC. (that's a big if; it might have been the repeat of the board prior to getting the Jr cut scene, at which time the boards stopped repeating)
Raistlin's rasping whisper was the result of one player's characterization.
Bupu, the gully dwarf, also was spawned from their sessions.
To claim it was a transcript, however, is a bit of a reach. The ideas came from the sessions, and the basic outline of the plot was based on the modules, but most of it was their own.
And the Legends series, AFAIK, was completely independent of the modules. I consider that series to be fantastic, much better than Chronicles. But both were fantastic. Fizban rules.
I think most of the problem other posters have with your stance is hip-hop/rap has evolved away from the "gangsta rap" quite significantly. It's like saying you don't like hard rock because death metal singers can't.
You've got acts like Common, Kanye, Lady Sovereign, The Streets, et al
Gangsta rap is a much smaller subset these days of rap as a whole, and denigrating the art form (and it is an art form) in the manner you did indicates less critical analysis and more "I'm old and rigid!"
Plus, Dream Theater immediately makes you smell pretentious. I'm a huge prog fan (The Mars Volta, old Rush, Yes, Tool, Opeth, King Crimson, Wishbone Ash, old Jethro Tull) and I can't stomach Dream Theater.
I'm still paying 8% on the student loans that were consumed by that in coin-op. We had this HUGE arcade on the bar strip, with MvC2 on a big screen in a corner. Tons of people played, sometimes 7 or 8 in line for the game to play.
Omega Red was probably the cheesiest, though wolverine was a close second. Was it 1 or 2 that featured the dirty lift kick?
It was light medium (both ducking kicks) to get them off their feet, then a light/heavy kick to pick them up off the ground and launch into an air combo. 'twas ugly.
because even the stuff that you're qualifying as music (4 piece rock bands and the like) are now manufactured based on modern tech.
And while we're at it, perhaps you'd like to sail on back to the late 50s/early 60s and read what reviewers thought of rock and roll. It would be a surprising parallel to your viewpoints.
As you get older, tastes become more rigidly defined and the ability to adapt to "new" weakens. You're demonstrating that admirably.
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Hey, and I'm not even a current road warrior, having local projects for the majority of this year. It will impact where/what projects I'll consider in the future.
Airports are already an extra hour out of your day to get IN so you can wait for typically another hour. This is if you can remain at peak efficiency - no checking of luggage, everything's already in your jacket pockets to speed through security, etc etc.
Additionally, that hour or two of downtime (when the inevitable delay happens, I get to fly into/out of Chicago O'Hare which delays flights if a bird shits in a mile radius of the airport) can be productive if I have my computer. Now, however, that's not an option.
In fact, the entire travelling time is wasted. And guess what - companies still expect you to bill X hours, so now you're screwed out of another 2 hours when you land. Maybe more, depending on the reliability of the flight.
This is disregarding any sort of lost luggage. Which does happen. And sometimes you're not on an expense report; I'm an independent contractor now so I bite the bullet on any sort of incurred costs in travel.
It's not one of these "gee it's a minor inconvenience, suck it up". It's a major inconvenience for many road warriors, and a chunk of them are frustrated and pissed. Walk a mile in a man's shoes, etc.
I like how you snipped the part of my post to enable the flame. You know, the part where I said "which is good." But hey, you got to call someone a dumb ass today. I hope you feel better, and don't worry, with people skills like you have, your life will be looking up in no time.
This time around, they might have something; while the cynical part of me is, well, cynical, it appears they disrupted something pretty major. Which is good.
Both sides, however, need monitoring by a vigilant populace.
And yes, I meant earlier elections (1960 was the one I was thinking of, but 1962 is a good choice as well) but got confuzzled with the Dem Convention that ended in riots.
1968 was the Democratic Convention riots, IIRC. (which, quite obviously, maybe I don't)
Call me Machiavellian, but I'd wager this goes across party lines. Self interest of those in power to maintain said power. Just as gerrymandering isn't a one party phenomenon, neither is vote-rigging. (1968 democrats, possibly 2000 and 2004 republicans)
When will the people wake up? I suspect (some) politicians are well aware of the "flaws" found in the system.
The only thing I don't know is how many of those had Dems as incumbents. So maybe I'm off by a margin of error as well.
I'd love to see another dodgeball game. Preferrably with a violence rating above 64%. Dodgeballs that gib. . . that's what I want.
man, that was funny. Now I wish I hadn't spent all my mod points on down-modding republicans with something to say.
One of my favorite pastimes when I was 24 or so was trying to get friends to open goatse.cx from work. The standard trick was to href it into something like "Yahoo! News: Free Beer in NYC" or something like that, and then laugh and laugh when they opened it.
So does that qualify as a felony now? That would totally ruin my christmas cards.
Christmas corresponds with Saturnalia. Many of the Christian holidays were shifted to Roman pagan holidays in the time of Constantine to allow for an easier adoption of Christianity as the state religion.
The major difference, however, is where the leadership is coming from. Repubs are primarily driven by a few think tanks and the Karl Rove brigade, which was able to whip people into shape up until this year. We've seen just in recent weeks Bill Frist (and many other Repubs) break away from the "Party Agenda" to ideas favoring what they think their constituencies desire. Which is natural; the current administration (some argue the entire Republican party) has fallen into deep disfavor among the people and Repubs are scrambling for damage control.
Dems are going through a different transition, driven by the "Vast Left Wing Conspiracy" characterized by MoveOn. There's in-fighting right now, because many of the Democratic leaders aren't leading us in a direction we're willing to go. Asserting Lieberman or Hillary are centrist is laughable; they're Right.
Many people feel that the one thing is needed at this point is obstructionism. Bush and cronies have gotten us nowhere good with a rubber stamp congress, and requires someone(s) to stop him. Bush is not nor will ever be a coalition builder. His dirty political master Rove has ensured that none of the current Republican flock will be effectual in building a coalition, with few exceptions. (Those exceptions being centrist republicans that have tended to vote against the R groupthink in the first place)
The democratic party is developing a coherent agenda for 2006. The messages are getting out to those who actually care to listen. And a coup is developing in the Dem party, driven by grass-roots efforts to make politicians accountable to the wishes of their party, not their lobbyists.
Additionally, even if you do grow your own, we're talking about a significant investment (approx $1k for a decent system to grow a set of clones, plus the space to do so; cheaper than now since you wouldn't need to conceal it) and your quality will still vary wildly initially as a "hobbyist".
Or, you spend $10 and get a quarter of prerolled mj cigs.
I'd wager that some die hards will roll their own, so to speak, but a significant amount of the populace will pay taxes on a product of consistent quality.
Plus, let's not forget that pot is extremely inflated price-wise due to the War on Some Drugs, with the high price ($40-$60 for 3g of quality herb) partially offsetting seized shipments and the like.
Prior to the escalation of Green Merchant and Reagan's initiatives, an oz cost approximately $30. (which still offered a significant profit for the at-home cultivator)
Ms Pacman introduced the cut scenes and "story" to the game, which (I suppose) could be said to finish when you see the final cutscene with JR Pacman. However, there was one more level set afterwards, IIRC. (that's a big if; it might have been the repeat of the board prior to getting the Jr cut scene, at which time the boards stopped repeating)
Bupu, the gully dwarf, also was spawned from their sessions.
To claim it was a transcript, however, is a bit of a reach. The ideas came from the sessions, and the basic outline of the plot was based on the modules, but most of it was their own.
And the Legends series, AFAIK, was completely independent of the modules. I consider that series to be fantastic, much better than Chronicles. But both were fantastic. Fizban rules.
You've got acts like Common, Kanye, Lady Sovereign, The Streets, et al
Gangsta rap is a much smaller subset these days of rap as a whole, and denigrating the art form (and it is an art form) in the manner you did indicates less critical analysis and more "I'm old and rigid!"
Plus, Dream Theater immediately makes you smell pretentious. I'm a huge prog fan (The Mars Volta, old Rush, Yes, Tool, Opeth, King Crimson, Wishbone Ash, old Jethro Tull) and I can't stomach Dream Theater.
I'm really not a spelling-nazi! No excuses necessary.
Permutations is the word you were looking for.
Omega Red was probably the cheesiest, though wolverine was a close second. Was it 1 or 2 that featured the dirty lift kick?
It was light medium (both ducking kicks) to get them off their feet, then a light/heavy kick to pick them up off the ground and launch into an air combo. 'twas ugly.
I hate to tell you this, but that move has been outsourced to India.
I meant the system abused for political means has never happened before, and it was (poor) sarcasm.
And while we're at it, perhaps you'd like to sail on back to the late 50s/early 60s and read what reviewers thought of rock and roll. It would be a surprising parallel to your viewpoints.
As you get older, tastes become more rigidly defined and the ability to adapt to "new" weakens. You're demonstrating that admirably.
I mean, it's not like the terror alerts shifted up and down during the run-up to the 2004 elections.
Oh, wait.