80 hour weeks are commonplace until they actually become partners. I don't see many 'advocates_spouse' blogs, why is that?
But who can drum up sympathy for lawyers?
Programmers, OTOH, are people!
I read PlayBoy for the articles. The internet has better pr0n. I don't steal games either. I have a job, and can afford to buy them. That the companies I buy from all assume I'm a criminal, that's annoying.
I don't own an X-box though, because the only reason to own one is to run linux and I'm not interested in getting sued by Microsoft.
I like hot cocoa, but I don't have any atom bombs...
I live in farm country, and around here everyone has always blamed it on the farmers (ranchers, technically). Which never made sense, since they get up before dawn no matter what "time" it is anyway.
Factory work here is carried out in 3 shifts, so that lights are always on and the machines are always running. So not much point in daylight savings on those grounds anymore either. But stopping it would not make friends, where ignoring it doesn't make enemies.
The list should not propogate. That leads you DDOSing people who you don't even know are SPAMmers.
Instead, I should be able to create a list of
SPAMmers that bother me, and "unSPAM" requests a copy of their website every time
my network has extra bandwidth. So, if
they SPAM 1G of "unSPAM" users, they'll get
individual attention from those users.
That's what they wanted, right?
Kind of like Mr. Gates idea of a CPU "cost"
for each email, except the cost is only
directed at sites I don't like, not at everyone who emails me. Because I don't want to waste my friends' time.
Doc,
I recognized your sig, which is the only reason that I did not instantly dismiss your post as flame-bait.
Two points:
A) It's sarcasm, not irony.
B) It's only sarcasm if you say it sarcastically. Otherwise, it's just flamebait.
Bv2) If anyone else had written this one, you'd've modded it down too. because it's not at all clear what you were talking about...
The biggest issue here is simple:
America is not at war, these are not extreme times. So changes made now, are changes made permanently.
Because there have always been "terrorists," and there always will be.
And not all Americans value privacy, or else this would never have been suggested in the first place. So no-one's going to be fighting to regain lost liberties anytime soon.
Google has always made money almost exclusively from advertising. That's their entire business model.
What, you thought they made money from you doing searches? Perhaps the government pays them for performing a public service?
They give you content you want for free, except they make a little bit of money by also giving you some clearly marked commercial content that they think might relate to the impartial content.
Unlike other search engines, their paid links are clearly marked and non-obtrusive. How is that evil?
No, you can click as many times as you like, but only the first click per link per hour would count for advertisers. So if you click on all 5 links, that counts.
If you click on all five links twice, your experience is the same, but internally only the first 5 clicks were counted.
This would work perfectly if everyone in the world had a static IP and no proxies.
My workday is 7am-3pm.
I work 6am-2pm in the spring, we just all set
our clocks to hide that fact.
Why? So the farmers don't feel bad about
getting up at 4AM all by themselves. Since
now it's 5AM, supposedly.
But I still get up an hour after the farmers,
so the jokes on them.
I'm a computer guru, sure, but an "average" car user.
I hear a funny noise, I have my wife take it to
our mechanic who leaves me a voice-mail telling
me not to go 11000 miles before the next
oil change, or I'll hear that noise again!
He gets paid because he knows more about
cars than I do. Better, he gets paid so I don't
have to care about cars at all!
If you don't like cleaning up after people,
why're you carrying that broom around?
Why is this a troll, exactly?
I mean, sure, it's iritating to hear that some
think KDE is not as good as GNOME, but so what?
At least they're not running windows.
Not that anyone respects the greatest science fiction writer ever(TM) but didn't Asimov himself approve Harlan's screenplay? Whereas the one in theaters was actually based on hardwired, not even written by Asimov at all....
food is not taxed. Hot foods are taxed,
but that's the labor, not the food you're
being taxed on. Because it didn't heat
itself, and you have an oven at home
(hopefully).
Apartments aren't taxes either, although
condos are. Because one's a place to sleep,
the other is an investment.
email should not be taxed, because that's people talking. But borders.com should be, because that's people making money.
In every category, there's basics that should not be taxed, and extras that should.
To those claiming that the waste from "nucular" reactors is trivial:
Strontium-90 is analogous to calcium, the element essential for bone tissue. When strontium-90 is taken internally, it tends to replace calcium in the bones and accumulates radiation in them. This element cannot be removed from the body...it will cause its damage by emitting beta and gamma radiation.
http://uecb.by.ru/eng/belarus/chernobyl2.htm
Strontium-90 has a half-life of 29.1 years,
meaning that an earthquake near Yucca mountain would render the area entirely unsafe for 140+ years. Unless storage designs have changed in the last year? (weaknesses were due to cost-saving, not technology. 100years won't help with that!)
Nuclear waste causes lukemia, bone marrow damage, and cancer. When it gets into our atmosphere (nuclear weapons) it affects quality of life everywhere. There's documentation that links current raised cancer rates with nuclear weapons testing, you want to stop the cancer problem, you'll just have to out-wait the fallout.
I'd like to see some definite specifications published on how it will be stored, and I'd like to see some independent international inspectors (UN, anyone?) come in and approve any storage facilities. Because I fear shoddy workmanship more than lack of technical know-how. We already understand radioactive substances well enough, we just don't fear them enough.
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80 hour weeks are commonplace until they actually become partners. I don't see many 'advocates_spouse' blogs, why is that? But who can drum up sympathy for lawyers? Programmers, OTOH, are people!
I don't own an X-box though, because the only reason to own one is to run linux and I'm not interested in getting sued by Microsoft.
I like hot cocoa, but I don't have any atom bombs...
Factory work here is carried out in 3 shifts, so that lights are always on and the machines are always running. So not much point in daylight savings on those grounds anymore either. But stopping it would not make friends, where ignoring it doesn't make enemies.
Governmental inertia.
-SIG needed.
Maybe you should RTFPost. He helps them pull the fork out of their eye, on the condition that they learn to stop poking their eyes with a fork.
-sig needed: apply within
Instead, I should be able to create a list of SPAMmers that bother me, and "unSPAM" requests a copy of their website every time my network has extra bandwidth. So, if they SPAM 1G of "unSPAM" users, they'll get individual attention from those users. That's what they wanted, right?
Kind of like Mr. Gates idea of a CPU "cost" for each email, except the cost is only directed at sites I don't like, not at everyone who emails me. Because I don't want to waste my friends' time.
-Sig needed: apply within
I recognized your sig, which is the only reason that I did not instantly dismiss your post as flame-bait.
Two points:
A) It's sarcasm, not irony.
B) It's only sarcasm if you say it sarcastically. Otherwise, it's just flamebait.
Bv2) If anyone else had written this one, you'd've modded it down too. because it's not at all clear what you were talking about...
-Sig needed: apply within
The biggest issue here is simple: America is not at war, these are not extreme times. So changes made now, are changes made permanently. Because there have always been "terrorists," and there always will be. And not all Americans value privacy, or else this would never have been suggested in the first place. So no-one's going to be fighting to regain lost liberties anytime soon.
and unloads his clip into the computer room, completely destroying 192.168.0.1 hey, that's my address!! oh, wait...
What, you thought they made money from you doing searches? Perhaps the government pays them for performing a public service?
They give you content you want for free, except they make a little bit of money by also giving you some clearly marked commercial content that they think might relate to the impartial content.
Unlike other search engines, their paid links are clearly marked and non-obtrusive. How is that evil?
No, you can click as many times as you like, but only the first click per link per hour would count for advertisers. So if you click on all 5 links, that counts. If you click on all five links twice, your experience is the same, but internally only the first 5 clicks were counted. This would work perfectly if everyone in the world had a static IP and no proxies.
That's a fake customer, not a fake click.
My workday is 7am-3pm. I work 6am-2pm in the spring, we just all set our clocks to hide that fact. Why? So the farmers don't feel bad about getting up at 4AM all by themselves. Since now it's 5AM, supposedly. But I still get up an hour after the farmers, so the jokes on them.
I'm a computer guru, sure, but an "average" car user.
I hear a funny noise, I have my wife take it to our mechanic who leaves me a voice-mail telling me not to go 11000 miles before the next oil change, or I'll hear that noise again!
He gets paid because he knows more about cars than I do. Better, he gets paid so I don't have to care about cars at all!
If you don't like cleaning up after people, why're you carrying that broom around?
Why is this a troll, exactly? I mean, sure, it's iritating to hear that some think KDE is not as good as GNOME, but so what? At least they're not running windows.
This problem also exists with glass lenses. THat's why were invented. It won't matter unless you try and use your camera to take pictures of mars from your backyard though.
Not that anyone respects the greatest science fiction writer ever(TM) but didn't Asimov himself approve Harlan's screenplay? Whereas the one in theaters was actually based on hardwired, not even written by Asimov at all....
food is not taxed. Hot foods are taxed, but that's the labor, not the food you're being taxed on. Because it didn't heat itself, and you have an oven at home (hopefully). Apartments aren't taxes either, although condos are. Because one's a place to sleep, the other is an investment. email should not be taxed, because that's people talking. But borders.com should be, because that's people making money. In every category, there's basics that should not be taxed, and extras that should.
To those claiming that the waste from "nucular" reactors is trivial: Strontium-90 is analogous to calcium, the element essential for bone tissue. When strontium-90 is taken internally, it tends to replace calcium in the bones and accumulates radiation in them. This element cannot be removed from the body...it will cause its damage by emitting beta and gamma radiation. http://uecb.by.ru/eng/belarus/chernobyl2.htm Strontium-90 has a half-life of 29.1 years, meaning that an earthquake near Yucca mountain would render the area entirely unsafe for 140+ years. Unless storage designs have changed in the last year? (weaknesses were due to cost-saving, not technology. 100years won't help with that!) Nuclear waste causes lukemia, bone marrow damage, and cancer. When it gets into our atmosphere (nuclear weapons) it affects quality of life everywhere. There's documentation that links current raised cancer rates with nuclear weapons testing, you want to stop the cancer problem, you'll just have to out-wait the fallout. I'd like to see some definite specifications published on how it will be stored, and I'd like to see some independent international inspectors (UN, anyone?) come in and approve any storage facilities. Because I fear shoddy workmanship more than lack of technical know-how. We already understand radioactive substances well enough, we just don't fear them enough.