By all means, if there are Democrats doing this, they should nailed for it just as much as anyone else. Anyone have any news articles about the Democrats pulling the same stunt?
Record companies will need to make CDs more attractive to the consumer
Instead of including a pile of other useless stuff that I don't care about with the CD, how about charging less than $20 for something that I (as someone who buys music online) consider to be worth at most $6, and can probably download for roughly that amount? This is of course assuming I actually want all of the songs on a given CD, which is rarely the case.
They keep calling themselves record companies, which pretty much explains the problem: just like records, they are trapped way back in a time before the age of the internet.
Maybe that is the key then: men just need tougher skin on their faces. Some kind of lotion that turns your skin into leather should do the trick; then you could just shave with a belt sander if you wanted to.
I'm still waiting for the custom face razor, where with one scrape I am able to shave my entire face. 640 blades would be just about the right number needed for one of these.
Are you kidding?? The founding fathers would already be holding the third continental congress, after having organized a militia and booting every elected official years ago.
What really bothers me is that many votes will probably get tossed, including valid votes, which is absurd. Apparently we have no threshold for calling an entire election invalid and redoing it, which is pathetic.
Though if you were trying to cover the fact that you are (knowingly or unknowingly) selling fake cards, this story is as plausible sounding as any other story you could make up quickly:-)
Better and more useful animations. Microsoft realized a few years ago that some sort of animation effects were necessary, particularly for novice users. For example, new Windows users are often surprised at the abrupt disappearance of a window when they click the Minimize button.
I hope they have a nice animation for when the machine is infected with a virus, like clippy catching fire and then running around in circles screaming. At least then the users will be prepared for what will happen to him/her when they bring their laptop in to have me work on it and I find out they have been surfing porn sites with their virus scanner disabled.
I have mental visual aids to help deal with telemarketers. Whenever I get a call from a telemarketer I automatically picture some guy beating baby seals to death. Not only does this keep me from falling for their scams, but they usually stop calling after hearing me scream, "stop beating them to death!" at the top of my lungs.
Workaholic: You spend four hours on the computer and get four hours of work done.
Internet addict: You spend four hours on Slashdot and then wonder how you can possibly get caught up at work. Unless of course you get paid to post on Slashdot, in which case all I have to say is, "you lucky bastard!"
Sadly you wouldn't see a long line of lovelys all ready and waiting in line; more like a line of doctors with turkey basters. But hey maybe you really have a thing for doctors carryin g turkey basters.
I don't think Iran is poverty stricken (see below); their education however appears to be pretty stunted (no surprise there). Heck I wouldn't mind being in control of the money from 2.5 million bbl/day of oil.
Iran: Literacy: Definition Field Listing definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 79.4% male: 85.6% female: 73% (2003 est.)
GDP (purchasing power parity):
Definition Field Listing Rank Order $561.6 billion (2005 est.)
United States: Literacy: Definition Field Listing definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.)
GDP (purchasing power parity):
Definition Field Listing Rank Order $12.36 trillion (2005 est.)
Yeah I couldn't believe the 60 minutes segments; some people really are dumb.
However, what bugs me about the article is it saying things like:
...it's all up to MySpace. We can't count on parental supervision...
I call BS: as a parent it is your responsibility to know where your kid is, and to teach them how to avoid child predators. If your kids spends time online every night, wouldn't it be a good idea to talk to him/her and find out what they are doing online, and who they are talking to?? Yet another article claiming, "don't worry parents, it isn't your job to keep your kids safe online!" isn't helping the problem at all.
It's all up to MySpace. We can't count on parental supervision...
And then there is Jacob, one of the kids this 39 year old had "friended":
I do think its kinda weird for that age to flirt with me and stuff," he writes. "Like, kinda desperate and kinda leading me to think that something's wrong. But I didn't really do anything. I love being complimented. So, I thought it was nice of him to say that he thought I was cute or whatever."
MySpace is a big part of Jacob's life, and his greatest fear is that this story, or the ongoing police investigation, will get him banned from the internet, or he'll lose his MySpace profile. I urge him to be more careful about adding friends -- he has 3,800 of them -- and to make his profile private. He says he will, but so far his MySpace page remains wide open.
So Jacob's parents can't be bothered to, you know, go see wtf this kid is doing on MySpace? The earlier comment snippet makes it seem like the parents of this kid are totally off the hook here, but guess what? Wether your kid is hanging out at the local corner or someplace online, you really need to know where they are and what they are doing. And then there is the whole issue about not talking to stangers in the first place; apparently his parents have completely missed the boat in that area. Scary.
...he manually confirmed over 700 offenders, including a serial child molester in New York actively trying to hook up with underage boys on the site, and who has now been arrested as a result. MySpace told Congress last June that it didn't have this capability.
Thus spake the article:
...Lubrano was so easy to find. "He registered on MySpace using his real name? What a nitwit."
No amount of rummaging through any database is going to detect someone who registers under a false name, so no MySpace will NEVER really have the ability to find all the sex offenders, unless they can somehow verify that people are who they say they are when they sign up. Though they do now have the ability to catch the really stupid ones it seems.
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By all means, if there are Democrats doing this, they should nailed for it just as much as anyone else. Anyone have any news articles about the Democrats pulling the same stunt?
My attention span is only about 20 seconds and you probably already told me, but which divx player do you have?
Instead of including a pile of other useless stuff that I don't care about with the CD, how about charging less than $20 for something that I (as someone who buys music online) consider to be worth at most $6, and can probably download for roughly that amount? This is of course assuming I actually want all of the songs on a given CD, which is rarely the case.
They keep calling themselves record companies, which pretty much explains the problem: just like records, they are trapped way back in a time before the age of the internet.
Maybe combine it with a home do-it-yourself lasik kit? :-) I dunno if I want any high speed lasers near my eyes, but I could wear sunglasses I suppose.
Maybe that is the key then: men just need tougher skin on their faces. Some kind of lotion that turns your skin into leather should do the trick; then you could just shave with a belt sander if you wanted to.
I'm still waiting for the custom face razor, where with one scrape I am able to shave my entire face. 640 blades would be just about the right number needed for one of these.
Are you kidding?? The founding fathers would already be holding the third continental congress, after having organized a militia and booting every elected official years ago.
It would also be interesting to see if counties that typically vote pro-democrat are more likely to get electronic voting machines, wouldn't it?
What really bothers me is that many votes will probably get tossed, including valid votes, which is absurd. Apparently we have no threshold for calling an entire election invalid and redoing it, which is pathetic.
Though if you were trying to cover the fact that you are (knowingly or unknowingly) selling fake cards, this story is as plausible sounding as any other story you could make up quickly :-)
Or maybe just change the icon to be a little budda instead? Heck I might even turn the "view icons" option back on if they did that.
I hope they have a nice animation for when the machine is infected with a virus, like clippy catching fire and then running around in circles screaming. At least then the users will be prepared for what will happen to him/her when they bring their laptop in to have me work on it and I find out they have been surfing porn sites with their virus scanner disabled.
I have mental visual aids to help deal with telemarketers. Whenever I get a call from a telemarketer I automatically picture some guy beating baby seals to death. Not only does this keep me from falling for their scams, but they usually stop calling after hearing me scream, "stop beating them to death!" at the top of my lungs.
Just watch out for paper cuts. If you thought getting them on your fingers hurt.... *YOW*
Just make sure you don't put the bottles back in the fridge after you refill them.
Internet addict: You spend four hours on Slashdot and then wonder how you can possibly get caught up at work. Unless of course you get paid to post on Slashdot, in which case all I have to say is, "you lucky bastard!"
Errr, I think I better go now.
Sadly you wouldn't see a long line of lovelys all ready and waiting in line; more like a line of doctors with turkey basters. But hey maybe you really have a thing for doctors carryin g turkey basters.
Iran:
Literacy: Definition Field Listing definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 79.4%
male: 85.6%
female: 73% (2003 est.)
GDP (purchasing power parity):
Definition Field Listing Rank Order
$561.6 billion (2005 est.)
United States:
Literacy: Definition Field Listing definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.)
GDP (purchasing power parity):
Definition Field Listing Rank Order
$12.36 trillion (2005 est.)
It gives the police time to arrive before your porn is finished downloading?
Do they make little screaming noises or evil laughing noises?
I'm just glad they are only worried about people with record players; I had no idea there was such a problem with people pirating records!
However, what bugs me about the article is it saying things like:
I call BS: as a parent it is your responsibility to know where your kid is, and to teach them how to avoid child predators. If your kids spends time online every night, wouldn't it be a good idea to talk to him/her and find out what they are doing online, and who they are talking to?? Yet another article claiming, "don't worry parents, it isn't your job to keep your kids safe online!" isn't helping the problem at all.
And then there is Jacob, one of the kids this 39 year old had "friended":
So Jacob's parents can't be bothered to, you know, go see wtf this kid is doing on MySpace? The earlier comment snippet makes it seem like the parents of this kid are totally off the hook here, but guess what? Wether your kid is hanging out at the local corner or someplace online, you really need to know where they are and what they are doing. And then there is the whole issue about not talking to stangers in the first place; apparently his parents have completely missed the boat in that area. Scary.
Thus spake the article:
No amount of rummaging through any database is going to detect someone who registers under a false name, so no MySpace will NEVER really have the ability to find all the sex offenders, unless they can somehow verify that people are who they say they are when they sign up. Though they do now have the ability to catch the really stupid ones it seems.
And we see yet another reason to browse with cookies turned off.