No Ted, it's a series of bars. And make sure to say hi to Rep William Jefferson when you are behind them so the partisans around here realize that power attracts corrupt men in both parties. The gloating over a perceived victory is unseemly. Every American loses every time a politician goes bad.
"Free" as in YOU pay for it at the time of purchase.
If the company you bought the hardware from goes out of business I assume you end up paying for a service you never get.
You pay long before you receive the service. Right now recycling of that nature is expensive but will probably become cheaper. You however get the early adopter mega fee!
Suppose you find an outfit willing to pay you to recycle your hardware? Now your "free" recycling fee is just an unnecessary tax.
That fictional recycling company that pays you will never exist because the government just killed competition in that sector at the private citizen level.
No, ordinary people don't [Chat up Terrorists]. But I wouldn't be suprised if one day we find that a shocking large number of $OPPOSITION_PARTY members do.
No evidence of that? Check. But it might happen, I hear you whine. I remember when scandals had to actually occur, not just be imagined.
And thanks to the Bush administration and it's cronies in Congress, they disappear, are denied their constitutional rights, never told why, and held incommunicado.
This is how I know I am wasting my time. As soon as Al-Qaida surrenders, a prisoner exchange can be arranged just like in every other war. We can give them the live prisoners we hold and they can return the corpses of soldiers they have tortured to death. If it takes too long I guess they die in jail. Not an unreasonable sentence for someone who saw 9/11 attacks and said "Yeah, I'm part of that team."
So pardon me as I apply previously learned experience to the current situation and conclude that wholeheatedly embracing a massive concentration of power in the hands of one branch of government because you've bought the Bush administration's claims that there are terrorists lurking in every shadow and that (oddly enough) anyone who opposes him wants to help the terrorists is not only not reasonable, but downright stupid.
Terrorists in every shadow, eh? I never heard that claim. I think most people who want this war fought know that their chances of being killed by a terrorist are pretty low. We also know that eventually one of them will probably manage to nuke or poison a large portion of a city. Maybe tens of thousands, maybe millions, probably Washington DC, NY, or London. I think that is something worth putting effort into stopping.
Yes, people who want gitmo terrorists realeased ARE helping terrorists. Try not to miss the concrete undeniable truth of those words.
"You're either with us or against us" was clearly intended for Governments who ignored or encouraged terrorist activity. I am sick of people willfully misunderstanding this. Aghast at short sighted stupidty? Yes. but believing everyone disinclined to resist terrorism to be in league with them? No.
Massive Power=Send troops where YOU don't want them and wiretap calls possibly from terrorists. If you say so.
If reason and history aren't enough then I guess you'll figure it out when a douchebag socialist replaces the current douchebag proto-fascist in the Oval Office and starts using the new powers Bush claimed against Republicans.
I witnessed overstatement, exageration, paranoia etc. while Clinton was in office and I am witnessing it once again. Dictators don't lose 2/3's of government in elections. As for Presidential powers, they have been slowly stripped by precident over the years and Bush is trying to re-assert some powers that DO belong to the executive branch; Some fools in the House and Senate seem to believe they are Commanders in Chief.
Somebody spun: "The Bill ends plans by the Bush Administration that would give the NSA the freedom to pry into the lives of ordinary Americans." (Emphasis Mine)
Ordinary Americans don't get calls from Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his ilk. You can only win elections with that kind of crap until another 9/11 style fuck-up happens. Demagogueing every reasonable measure of protecting against terrorists to gain political power will leave you in power without the ability to protect this country.
It takes more than geography to make true countrymen; You must be able to communicate in a common language and expect the same form of government and social norms. If you will not speak French and will not accept liberal secular democracy and the prevailing culture, France will never be your home, nor should it be: guests should be gracious. Those who are not will eventually find less welcome. I wish the French people and those who sincerely want to be adopted by them good luck. Go Sarky!
From the article: "The homeless man, whom authorities identified as one Kevin Rose, was apparently despondent after the recent shutdown of his tech news aggregation site. Witnesses reported seeing him staring into the flames and rocking slowly while mumbling a series of letters and numbers."
This leads me to reflect that in the last election we replaced republicans who had sold out to stay in power with democrats who sold out to get in power. Fucking awesome.
Which is why I have decided today to announce the pre-launch of FightGlobalCooling.com. For those of you paranoid enough to see through the conspiracy of the global warming cabal. At the site you can read the latest sience(sm) guaranteed to perpetuate your anxiety. If you have the means, you may also purchase "Global Cooling Offset Credits" to atone for your sedentary, energy-negative lifestyle. The first planned purchase with the Offset Funds is a Private Jet for the use of F.G.C. intimates. If the program proves popular other energy-plus sinks are already being planned for.
Sience(sm) Facts:
The Perfect Climate briefly existed from 12:08 to 12:49 GMT on May 9, 1987.
During the last major Glaciation Event nearly all present day productive farmlands would have been unavailable.
The earths core is losing heat at an alarmingly steady rate. With the Sun (Which is itself depleting it's fuel at an alarming rate) as the only other major source of energy, Sientists believe global cooling can only be staved off by a concerted, expensive and global effort.
I sincerely hope someone close to you is torn to bits by a terrorist in that false peace of your fancy, Martin. Sure it is unlikely with the small numbers killed so far, but one must cling to hope. It would be an interesting experiment to see if your smug view of intentional murder of innocents as peace could stand in the face of personal devastation.
I believe people cling to English Units because they often relate better to the measure of things around us (especially ourselves). A foot is a damned intuitive comfortable unit (.305 meters sucks). Inches are another useful interval without a near equivalent in metric. Even the metric folks can't conceive of abandoning the hour and the second for a 10 or 100 "metric hour" day. (what an awful thing that 10 hour day would be) I have to be fair and say meters and centimeters (apprx the width of the end of a finger) are both useful units. And of course for calculations metric has the edge with its 10 base affinity to match our number system. Back in physics courses I much preferred to do calcs in metric units although I secretly loved that obscure unit of mass, the slug.
There it is: English units measure our everyday world better but metric units are better fitted for use with our number system. So I'm gonna choose to keep some of those English units around. At least until I can answer with a straight face "'bout 15.24 centimeters" when someone asks me how it's hanging.
It's better than (but very different to) Serenity.
Today I shall be a Language Nazi*. I know it's not cool and please don't take it personally. I'll probably even make some silly mistake in my post that will get pointed out in replies.
"Different to" - I have noticed this illogical construct being used lately by the British. Clearly what people mean to convery is the idea of "Different from". "To" at this juncture indicates a bringing together or nearing which is logically the opposite of differentiation. You may COMPARE things TO one another to discern whether they are DIFFERENT FROM one another.
I can get over 'th' being pronounced as 'f' as in "Firsday comes before Friday". Speech impediments are charming sometimes, especially with an accent. But as an American, I expect superiority in the English language to remain in England, so please spread the word.
* My karma is so bad nobody will read this anyway.
It's like the MPAA/RIAA are competing against NAMBLA to see who can be the most disgusting influence on Scouting. What happened to learing to tie knots?
5. Epic Pinball - The demo level is the only one you will ever need. Can you activate the Android? Can you get it to run smoothly under windows with all it's splitscreen vga trickery?!
4. Commander Keen 6 : Aliens ate my Babysitter - Sidescroller with 16 colors, adlib music and bloogs. Really any of the old shareware sidescrollers (Duke Nukem, Jill of the Jungle, etc.) will satisfy.
3. Dune II - The Building of a Dynasty So maybe you can't group select units, or set waypoints, or queue up builds. Just enjoy the perfect adlib soundtrack as you micromanage your way to victory. This game is so full of awesomeness: Spice Blooms, Harvesters, Carryalls, Ornithopters, Rocket Trucks, Sonic Tanks, Deviators, Devastators, Spice Worms! But to me, there is nothing better than that last stage of a level when you have overwhelmed your enemy and all that is left is to slowy destroy all their buildings.
2. Metroid - 8bit NES Sidescroller (Thank god for emulators). I have always assumed the boss "Ridley" was named after "Alien" director Ridley Scott. Anyone know? The music and graphics are brilliant. Super Metroid on the SNES is pretty nice too.
1. Unreal Tournament 2004 - Onlaught Mode - Fast twitch FPS with vehicles. It's so easy to get online and play for just a few minutes. If you have no attention span then this is the game for you. Some people hardly ever stray from the demo level "Torlans".
Hmmm, most of mine are really old and I seem to like anything with nifty FM synthesis music.
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No Ted, it's a series of bars. And make sure to say hi to Rep William Jefferson when you are behind them so the partisans around here realize that power attracts corrupt men in both parties. The gloating over a perceived victory is unseemly. Every American loses every time a politician goes bad.
It's a simple conversion:
Environmental Anxiety ==> Phase 2 ==> Perpetual Clean Energy
Unfortunately it stops working when people realize it has worked and lose their anxiety.
No evidence of that? Check. But it might happen, I hear you whine. I remember when scandals had to actually occur, not just be imagined.
And thanks to the Bush administration and it's cronies in Congress, they disappear, are denied their constitutional rights, never told why, and held incommunicado.
This is how I know I am wasting my time. As soon as Al-Qaida surrenders, a prisoner exchange can be arranged just like in every other war. We can give them the live prisoners we hold and they can return the corpses of soldiers they have tortured to death. If it takes too long I guess they die in jail. Not an unreasonable sentence for someone who saw 9/11 attacks and said "Yeah, I'm part of that team."
So pardon me as I apply previously learned experience to the current situation and conclude that wholeheatedly embracing a massive concentration of power in the hands of one branch of government because you've bought the Bush administration's claims that there are terrorists lurking in every shadow and that (oddly enough) anyone who opposes him wants to help the terrorists is not only not reasonable, but downright stupid.
Terrorists in every shadow, eh? I never heard that claim. I think most people who want this war fought know that their chances of being killed by a terrorist are pretty low. We also know that eventually one of them will probably manage to nuke or poison a large portion of a city. Maybe tens of thousands, maybe millions, probably Washington DC, NY, or London. I think that is something worth putting effort into stopping.
Yes, people who want gitmo terrorists realeased ARE helping terrorists. Try not to miss the concrete undeniable truth of those words.
"You're either with us or against us" was clearly intended for Governments who ignored or encouraged terrorist activity. I am sick of people willfully misunderstanding this. Aghast at short sighted stupidty? Yes. but believing everyone disinclined to resist terrorism to be in league with them? No.
Massive Power=Send troops where YOU don't want them and wiretap calls possibly from terrorists. If you say so.
If reason and history aren't enough then I guess you'll figure it out when a douchebag socialist replaces the current douchebag proto-fascist in the Oval Office and starts using the new powers Bush claimed against Republicans.
I witnessed overstatement, exageration, paranoia etc. while Clinton was in office and I am witnessing it once again. Dictators don't lose 2/3's of government in elections. As for Presidential powers, they have been slowly stripped by precident over the years and Bush is trying to re-assert some powers that DO belong to the executive branch; Some fools in the House and Senate seem to believe they are Commanders in Chief.
Ordinary Americans don't get calls from Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his ilk. You can only win elections with that kind of crap until another 9/11 style fuck-up happens. Demagogueing every reasonable measure of protecting against terrorists to gain political power will leave you in power without the ability to protect this country.
It takes more than geography to make true countrymen; You must be able to communicate in a common language and expect the same form of government and social norms. If you will not speak French and will not accept liberal secular democracy and the prevailing culture, France will never be your home, nor should it be: guests should be gracious. Those who are not will eventually find less welcome. I wish the French people and those who sincerely want to be adopted by them good luck. Go Sarky!
From the article: "The homeless man, whom authorities identified as one Kevin Rose, was apparently despondent after the recent shutdown of his tech news aggregation site. Witnesses reported seeing him staring into the flames and rocking slowly while mumbling a series of letters and numbers."
Socialists sure love to purge their opponents after they win elections, don't they?
This leads me to reflect that in the last election we replaced republicans who had sold out to stay in power with democrats who sold out to get in power. Fucking awesome.
It's not just me; Netcraft confirms it. Stallman is an asshole.
Sience(sm) Facts:
CowboyNeal's fetish just got 15% less creepy.
I knew there was a reason I'm a cat person. They'd never help The Man.
I hear the big seller is that kinky English on Francophone pr0n. Slap that secessionist ass indeed.
I call anti-US bias bullshit. No city in the Silicon Valley area has good connectivity or an information based workforce!? Pah.
I sincerely hope someone close to you is torn to bits by a terrorist in that false peace of your fancy, Martin. Sure it is unlikely with the small numbers killed so far, but one must cling to hope. It would be an interesting experiment to see if your smug view of intentional murder of innocents as peace could stand in the face of personal devastation.
That little fucking Fascist can take his speech codes and his Baby Hitler haircut and get stuffed.
Say what you want about the rest of them but don't say nothin' bout Di-Fi. That chick packs heat. 'Cuz she's better than the rest of us.
There it is: English units measure our everyday world better but metric units are better fitted for use with our number system. So I'm gonna choose to keep some of those English units around. At least until I can answer with a straight face "'bout 15.24 centimeters" when someone asks me how it's hanging.
Color me surprised that a DRM pushing company bent on vendor lock-in employs immoral weasels.
Nz, y u do dat?
Kindof neat but I kept thinking that Michael J. Fox would have trouble with that interface even if he wasn't exaggerating.
Today I shall be a Language Nazi*. I know it's not cool and please don't take it personally. I'll probably even make some silly mistake in my post that will get pointed out in replies.
"Different to" - I have noticed this illogical construct being used lately by the British. Clearly what people mean to convery is the idea of "Different from". "To" at this juncture indicates a bringing together or nearing which is logically the opposite of differentiation. You may COMPARE things TO one another to discern whether they are DIFFERENT FROM one another.
I can get over 'th' being pronounced as 'f' as in "Firsday comes before Friday". Speech impediments are charming sometimes, especially with an accent. But as an American, I expect superiority in the English language to remain in England, so please spread the word.
* My karma is so bad nobody will read this anyway.
It's like the MPAA/RIAA are competing against NAMBLA to see who can be the most disgusting influence on Scouting. What happened to learing to tie knots?
5. Epic Pinball - The demo level is the only one you will ever need. Can you activate the Android? Can you get it to run smoothly under windows with all it's splitscreen vga trickery?!
4. Commander Keen 6 : Aliens ate my Babysitter - Sidescroller with 16 colors, adlib music and bloogs. Really any of the old shareware sidescrollers (Duke Nukem, Jill of the Jungle, etc.) will satisfy.
3. Dune II - The Building of a Dynasty So maybe you can't group select units, or set waypoints, or queue up builds. Just enjoy the perfect adlib soundtrack as you micromanage your way to victory. This game is so full of awesomeness: Spice Blooms, Harvesters, Carryalls, Ornithopters, Rocket Trucks, Sonic Tanks, Deviators, Devastators, Spice Worms! But to me, there is nothing better than that last stage of a level when you have overwhelmed your enemy and all that is left is to slowy destroy all their buildings.
2. Metroid - 8bit NES Sidescroller (Thank god for emulators). I have always assumed the boss "Ridley" was named after "Alien" director Ridley Scott. Anyone know? The music and graphics are brilliant. Super Metroid on the SNES is pretty nice too.
1. Unreal Tournament 2004 - Onlaught Mode - Fast twitch FPS with vehicles. It's so easy to get online and play for just a few minutes. If you have no attention span then this is the game for you. Some people hardly ever stray from the demo level "Torlans".
Hmmm, most of mine are really old and I seem to like anything with nifty FM synthesis music.