Some ass-holes probably do love their guns just like some ass-holes like to make comments like "Why do assholes love their guns??" or "best head can be had from a fresh marine".
We signed up for RoadRunner ~7 years ago and have been paying $45/mo the whole time. Time-Warner NEVER lowered the price until SBC/ATT got enough DSL coverage to scare them. After that, they went to the $29/mo (first few months only) pricing scheme (which they currently still have) and ever since have been running a crap-load of ads constantly telling how slow DSL is and how much faster RoadRunner is.
Well, IT AIN'T TRUE! RoadRunner would drop connection atleast twice per day (usually in the middle of an online game) and I never got faster more than a 70K download (even from my own servers across town). Most of the time, the service would be at a crawl. We got tired of RoadRunner's crap and tried SBC's DSL (now that they don't require contracts) and it's been WONDERFUL!
We called TW-RR to get a price reduction, they told us that we would have to cancel our service and re-sign up to get them limited time $29/mo price. What a way to treat your long-time customers!
The DSL service has YET to drop us once (been on for about 2 months) and I regularly get 130K+ download speeds. Now, I know some of ytou are going to say "130K!?!? That's crap! RR is up to 5mbps" Yeah, whatever. I NEVER SAW ANYTHING CLOSE TO 1mbs in the ~7 years I was with RR! When I had a download going, and I started a new one, the first one's speed would drop by about half! With DSL, I can start a bunch of downloads and they don't affect each other's speed.
The best part is the price: $19.00/mo WITH NO CONTRACT!!!! This isn't special introductory pricing either!
Ever since I first heard the term "geek" used to describe "nerds" I have been offended. I have had MANY arguments with people that we are "nerds" not "geeks" because we don't bite the heads off of chickens. You sir are the FIRST person I have seen to support me on this. Thank you.
As for "what's the big deal about 'geek'?"- Nerd is a made up word that had no prior meaning. Geek was a pre-existing word that was transfered to nerds in a derogatory way. So all you idiots out there that call yourselves 'geeks', maybe you deserve the label.
"You are a total fucking moron. You think that just because people have a login ID that they are somehow all of a sudden more likely to treat others with respect and behave with decorum? Were you sucking dick while they were handing out brains?"
No, YOU'RE the fucking moron! As a owner of several wikis, I can tell you that vandalism goes WAY DOWN when you eliminate anonymous accounts. It may not go to zero but it goes WAY DOWN. On some of my wikis, it has gone to zero.
Section 3. Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.
ANYONE can claim that you owe them a debt and make a report to the credit agency at ANY TIME. The credit agency then happily reports that to everyone who asks as gospel but, you only get ONCE A YEAR to check that the information is accurate (unless you want to pay)!?!?!
That report (that probably has false information (if you pissed off a company)) is then used to set your loan rates, your auto-insurance rates, and a bunch of other un-credit related things!
WHAT KIND OF CRAP IT THAT!
We, the people, should have FREE access to our credit reports at ALL TIMES! And things that we dispute should be removed UNTIL THE REPORTER CAN PROVE that the info is factual!
"we don't like patent trolls, they are necessary to show us just how bad the patent system really is."
Actually, that is a incorrect statement. If it weren't for patent trolls, the system wouldn't be broken. If the system was used as it was meant to be, there wouldn't be trolls.
So the point of the article should have been: look how the trolls (who ARE evil, BTW) have screwed up the system.
Since this was a metric-only project, I thought this sort if thing wasn't supposed to happen! I mean there were no UK/US used anywhere in it so, there could be no mis-calculations like in the mars orbiter.
Eating iradiated foods, drinking heavily filtered water and using anti-bacterial soap will all reduce the amount of bacteria (and in the case of irradiation, viruses) you are consuming. That will weaken your immune system and make you more susceptible to viral infections and bacterial diseases. Our bodies are capable of dealing with almost any bacteria or virus if our immune systems are in top shape.
It's more common for people to overload their immune systems than it is for people to weaken them by eating process food and water. Now, taking immuno-suppressants are a different story...
You will get PLENTY of germs from everyday existance that will keep your immune system working fine. The food irradiation, water purification and anti-bacterial soaps do more to stop really-nasties (e.g. Staph & Salmonella).
"Radiation treatment kills LIVING cells, in particular bacteria and viruses and so on... stuff that makes you sick.
You need a constant influx of bacteria and viruses in order to keep our immune system strong. If you "cleanse" your immune system you'll end up getting whipped out by a flu or the common cold.
It doesn't "cleanse" your immune system, it keeps it active (the old "if you don't use it" rule) and you'll get a steady supply of bacteria and viruses from plenty of other sources. It's also an argument of WHICH bacteria and viruses you get. Some are worse than others.
Irradiation is the second best thing that has happened to food supply with canning being the first.
"radiation treatment kills LIVING cells, in particular bacteria and viruses and so on..." Gee, I guess I should inform the medical community that viruses are now "living cells"? What kind of dreck is this?
You know what he meant. Other then the (technically) incorrect use of "cell" instead of "organism", he's 100% correct.
As for "For instance, in your post, which certainly masquerades as an authoritive statement,"... foniksonik's post is conjecture and his opinion whereas foniksonik's post is (for the most part) fact.
"There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced nor objectively interpreted - and you create a nation of law-breakers - and then you cash in on guilt. Now that's the system, Mr. Rearden, and once you understand it, you'll be much easier to deal with."- Ayn Rand, "Atlas Shrugged"
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When we stole Texas from the Mexicans
You have a funny definition of "stole". By your definition, the Americans "stole" the thirteen colonies from Britain.
Otherwise, how's that self-hatred working out for you?
Vista of course! It might actually run okay on that hardware.
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No, he means Jimmy Carter. The one who's policies and ineptness cause the US's economic situation to be much worse than it should have been.
THAT Carter...
Noone has ever "seen" an atom either, or a bunch of molecules.
I've seen 38 atoms.... IBM made a logo out of a few and took a picture...
http://www.nanomedicine.com/NMI/Figures/2.25.jpg
What are you a troll??
VI OF COURSE!
I mean, are they even using earth's gravity acceleration of 9.8 m/s2????
They are falling at 32ft/s^2.
Dunno that they do...
Some ass-holes probably do love their guns just like some ass-holes like to make comments like "Why do assholes love their guns??" or "best head can be had from a fresh marine".
Go figure.
My experience is just the opposite...
We signed up for RoadRunner ~7 years ago and have been paying $45/mo the whole time. Time-Warner NEVER lowered the price until SBC/ATT got enough DSL coverage to scare them. After that, they went to the $29/mo (first few months only) pricing scheme (which they currently still have) and ever since have been running a crap-load of ads constantly telling how slow DSL is and how much faster RoadRunner is.
Well, IT AIN'T TRUE! RoadRunner would drop connection atleast twice per day (usually in the middle of an online game) and I never got faster more than a 70K download (even from my own servers across town). Most of the time, the service would be at a crawl. We got tired of RoadRunner's crap and tried SBC's DSL (now that they don't require contracts) and it's been WONDERFUL!
We called TW-RR to get a price reduction, they told us that we would have to cancel our service and re-sign up to get them limited time $29/mo price. What a way to treat your long-time customers!
The DSL service has YET to drop us once (been on for about 2 months) and I regularly get 130K+ download speeds. Now, I know some of ytou are going to say "130K!?!? That's crap! RR is up to 5mbps" Yeah, whatever. I NEVER SAW ANYTHING CLOSE TO 1mbs in the ~7 years I was with RR! When I had a download going, and I started a new one, the first one's speed would drop by about half! With DSL, I can start a bunch of downloads and they don't affect each other's speed.
The best part is the price: $19.00/mo WITH NO CONTRACT!!!! This isn't special introductory pricing either!
Leaving those TW-RR crooks was the best thing!
Ever since I first heard the term "geek" used to describe "nerds" I have been offended. I have had MANY arguments with people that we are "nerds" not "geeks" because we don't bite the heads off of chickens. You sir are the FIRST person I have seen to support me on this. Thank you.
As for "what's the big deal about 'geek'?"- Nerd is a made up word that had no prior meaning. Geek was a pre-existing word that was transfered to nerds in a derogatory way. So all you idiots out there that call yourselves 'geeks', maybe you deserve the label.
"You are a total fucking moron. You think that just because people have a login ID that they are somehow all of a sudden more likely to treat others with respect and behave with decorum? Were you sucking dick while they were handing out brains?"
No, YOU'RE the fucking moron! As a owner of several wikis, I can tell you that vandalism goes WAY DOWN when you eliminate anonymous accounts. It may not go to zero but it goes WAY DOWN. On some of my wikis, it has gone to zero.
So STFU
Section 3. Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.
Why is Jane Fonda still walking free?
So this is how it works...
ANYONE can claim that you owe them a debt and make a report to the credit agency at ANY TIME. The credit agency then happily reports that to everyone who asks as gospel but, you only get ONCE A YEAR to check that the information is accurate (unless you want to pay)!?!?!
That report (that probably has false information (if you pissed off a company)) is then used to set your loan rates, your auto-insurance rates, and a bunch of other un-credit related things!
WHAT KIND OF CRAP IT THAT!
We, the people, should have FREE access to our credit reports at ALL TIMES! And things that we dispute should be removed UNTIL THE REPORTER CAN PROVE that the info is factual!
What I actually said was: "If there weren't people breaking the system, the system wouldn't be broken".
"we don't like patent trolls, they are necessary to show us just how bad the patent system really is."
Actually, that is a incorrect statement. If it weren't for patent trolls, the system wouldn't be broken. If the system was used as it was meant to be, there wouldn't be trolls.
So the point of the article should have been: look how the trolls (who ARE evil, BTW) have screwed up the system.
Since this was a metric-only project, I thought this sort if thing wasn't supposed to happen! I mean there were no UK/US used anywhere in it so, there could be no mis-calculations like in the mars orbiter.
(for the slow people: this is sarcasm)
Eating iradiated foods, drinking heavily filtered water and using anti-bacterial soap will all reduce the amount of bacteria (and in the case of irradiation, viruses) you are consuming. That will weaken your immune system and make you more susceptible to viral infections and bacterial diseases. Our bodies are capable of dealing with almost any bacteria or virus if our immune systems are in top shape.
It's more common for people to overload their immune systems than it is for people to weaken them by eating process food and water. Now, taking immuno-suppressants are a different story...
You will get PLENTY of germs from everyday existance that will keep your immune system working fine. The food irradiation, water purification and anti-bacterial soaps do more to stop really-nasties (e.g. Staph & Salmonella).
The whole first part of TFA is about how women are personified in games like Barbi and not like real women and how it's bad. BOO HOO
Show me a game where the men are not idealized for the setting! (including Leisure Suit Larry)
"Radiation treatment kills LIVING cells, in particular bacteria and viruses and so on... stuff that makes you sick.
You need a constant influx of bacteria and viruses in order to keep our immune system strong. If you "cleanse" your immune system you'll end up getting whipped out by a flu or the common cold.
It doesn't "cleanse" your immune system, it keeps it active (the old "if you don't use it" rule) and you'll get a steady supply of bacteria and viruses from plenty of other sources. It's also an argument of WHICH bacteria and viruses you get. Some are worse than others.
Irradiation is the second best thing that has happened to food supply with canning being the first.
"radiation treatment kills LIVING cells, in particular bacteria and viruses and so on..." Gee, I guess I should inform the medical community that viruses are now "living cells"? What kind of dreck is this?
You know what he meant. Other then the (technically) incorrect use of "cell" instead of "organism", he's 100% correct.
As for "For instance, in your post, which certainly masquerades as an authoritive statement,"...
foniksonik's post is conjecture and his opinion whereas foniksonik's post is (for the most part) fact.
I didn't even see that little "SLASHDOT" in that article. My mistake.
But, that original OFFTOPIC rating was still BS. It was more ontopic than most of the posts in that thread.
Kiss my a$$ and moderate this as troll/flamebait. I don't care!
"There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced nor objectively interpreted - and you create a nation of law-breakers - and then you cash in on guilt. Now that's the system, Mr. Rearden, and once you understand it, you'll be much easier to deal with."- Ayn Rand, "Atlas Shrugged"
I submitted the story about Texas trying to do this (almost this EXACT story) but with ACTIVE RFID and yesterday and it was REJECTED! WTF!?!
e n/entries/1451n ow_this_worrie.html
If anyone cares, here's two write up on Texas' attempt from a both sides of the political aisle:
http://journals.aol.com/republicanjen/RepublicanJ
http://www.houstondemocrats.com/archives/2005/04/
dada21, You da man!
Do you have a link to your books?