Wow, that *whoosh* didn't even go over your head, it just powered straight through it! I wish I could have been there, you must have looked like Edward Norton at the end of Fight Club =)
I was going to mod this as troll, but I'll let someone else take care of that, and just point out the following:
a) The 'Peoples Republic of the Congo' does not, and to the best of my knowlege never did, exist. b) The combined total area of the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo is 2,686,858km c) The total area of the continental United States (the 'lower 48') is 8,080,464.25 km d) Computers contain highly toxic metals and PCBs. Due to recent 'greening,' old computers generally contain significantly more than newer, shinier ones. Sending old faulty or unusable computers (and even functional ones eventually) to third world countries is tantamount to coopting them as a dumping ground for our hazardous waste. Is the second-hand PC that may or may not have any positive effect on your situation, worth generations worth of groundwater contamination from poorly managed landfill? e) Computers may be a 1st world necessity, but they remain a 3rd world luxury. Infrastructure, agriculture, peace/law enforcement and economic stability need to come first. Hell, how about seeing what percentage of the populations you're ranting about even have electricity, or clean drinking water?
this one won't get a score, but it will be the truth
Well, that's half of your first sentence taken care of, let's see the mods go with the rest. Please take the time and effort to know and understand exactly what it is you're getting angry about, you'll be a better person for it.
Around 2000, I owned a cheap cordless phone (purchased because it was purple and my girlfriend liked it) on which you could eavesdrop from our TV by twiddling around with the UHF tuning. the handset from that phone would also occasionally pick up signals from neighbours' handsets or bases, I never heard enough details to figure out which and we could only ever hear one side of the conversation. I'm glad they're a bit more secure nowadays.
From TFA, Abandoned in a garbage dump. If it still had a store logo on in and they really wanted to throw the book at him then they *might* get him on possession of stolen goods, but it'd be a stretch.
Jogged fifteen miles a day. Did a jogging book. Did a jogging video. Dropped out of a heart attack when? When he was fucking jogging, that's when! What do you wanna bet it was two smokers who found the body the next morning and went, "Hey! That's Jim Fixx, isn't it? Wow, what a fucking tragedy."
It doesn't have to be 'pure' altruism, mutualism and commensalism (which I guess is partially altruistic) make more sense. It's parasitic behaviour (which can be considered 'evil' for our purposes) that causes issues here.
I would argue that the distinction, in terms of overall effect, between the benefits of stealing all your food and getting away with it while you starve to death, and getting warm fuzzies for sharing my surplus food with you, allowing both of us to survive until more food becomes available, is quite meaningful indeed.
This totally reminds me of the CH34p C1al!s I bought last month:
Spam: "Blast Iran with your man-cannon!" Reality: America's weaponry malfunctions. All of a sudden "Mission Accomplished!" becomes "I'm sorry baby. This has never happened to me before, I swear!" after which the US throws up all over Iran's bedroom floor and staggers outside to wait for the taxi they forgot to call.
That's what overnight trickle-charging, swappable or intermediate batteries that can be solar/wind/other-charged at home during the day, or quick-charge outlets at 'gas' stations will be for. Of course it's entirely possible that we'll enter the new age ass-backwards and your fears will come to pass, but at least there are solutions available.
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You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
and it's not bad at fucking all if you have it done by friends who you know will stop
Fixed. Read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learned_helplessness
Wow, that *whoosh* didn't even go over your head, it just powered straight through it! I wish I could have been there, you must have looked like Edward Norton at the end of Fight Club =)
Oh man, I WISH someone would call me offering fried waffles...
Whoa, whoa whoa! The last thing we want is ASIO driving a monopoly. "G'day, enemy combatant, your rendition is going to be extraoooordinary!"
I was going to mod this as troll, but I'll let someone else take care of that, and just point out the following:
a) The 'Peoples Republic of the Congo' does not, and to the best of my knowlege never did, exist.
b) The combined total area of the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo is 2,686,858km
c) The total area of the continental United States (the 'lower 48') is 8,080,464.25 km
d) Computers contain highly toxic metals and PCBs. Due to recent 'greening,' old computers generally contain significantly more than newer, shinier ones. Sending old faulty or unusable computers (and even functional ones eventually) to third world countries is tantamount to coopting them as a dumping ground for our hazardous waste. Is the second-hand PC that may or may not have any positive effect on your situation, worth generations worth of groundwater contamination from poorly managed landfill?
e) Computers may be a 1st world necessity, but they remain a 3rd world luxury. Infrastructure, agriculture, peace/law enforcement and economic stability need to come first. Hell, how about seeing what percentage of the populations you're ranting about even have electricity, or clean drinking water?
this one won't get a score, but it will be the truth
Well, that's half of your first sentence taken care of, let's see the mods go with the rest. Please take the time and effort to know and understand exactly what it is you're getting angry about, you'll be a better person for it.
We're off to see the Wizard! The wonderful Wizard of-...wait, where the hell are we?
Around 2000, I owned a cheap cordless phone (purchased because it was purple and my girlfriend liked it) on which you could eavesdrop from our TV by twiddling around with the UHF tuning. the handset from that phone would also occasionally pick up signals from neighbours' handsets or bases, I never heard enough details to figure out which and we could only ever hear one side of the conversation. I'm glad they're a bit more secure nowadays.
From TFA, Abandoned in a garbage dump. If it still had a store logo on in and they really wanted to throw the book at him then they *might* get him on possession of stolen goods, but it'd be a stretch.
Jim Fixx
Dennis Leary:
Jogged fifteen miles a day. Did a jogging book. Did a jogging video. Dropped out of a heart attack when? When he was fucking jogging, that's when! What do you wanna bet it was two smokers who found the body the next morning and went, "Hey! That's Jim Fixx, isn't it? Wow, what a fucking tragedy."
That racism is why you're ronery...so very rooonery... [/space-cockroach]
"An Internet worm that disabled networks across the U.S. Monday and Tuesday temporarily thrust the nation into its most severe maelstrom of productivity since 1992."
Nationwide work startages, it'd be chaos!
Is it when a female mantis bites off the head of the male as his body keeps copulating?
Yeah, actually that bit's kinda hot.
Stupid zombie!
Already did, currently at version 3.0.1
New? We've had asswipe overlords for decades centuries pretty much forever, I think.
Loud sex.
...benefits of stealing all someone else's food and getting away with it while they starve to death, sorry.
It doesn't have to be 'pure' altruism, mutualism and commensalism (which I guess is partially altruistic) make more sense. It's parasitic behaviour (which can be considered 'evil' for our purposes) that causes issues here.
I would argue that the distinction, in terms of overall effect, between the benefits of stealing all your food and getting away with it while you starve to death, and getting warm fuzzies for sharing my surplus food with you, allowing both of us to survive until more food becomes available, is quite meaningful indeed.
It's like a Ford Pinto filled with every high-res TIFF of Natalie Portman in the Library of Congress crashing into your house every 0.2 seconds.
That's more porn than I could bear.
This totally reminds me of the CH34p C1al!s I bought last month:
Spam: "Blast Iran with your man-cannon!"
Reality: America's weaponry malfunctions. All of a sudden "Mission Accomplished!" becomes "I'm sorry baby. This has never happened to me before, I swear!" after which the US throws up all over Iran's bedroom floor and staggers outside to wait for the taxi they forgot to call.
That's what overnight trickle-charging, swappable or intermediate batteries that can be solar/wind/other-charged at home during the day, or quick-charge outlets at 'gas' stations will be for. Of course it's entirely possible that we'll enter the new age ass-backwards and your fears will come to pass, but at least there are solutions available.
"And that's why we shouldn't use condoms, honey."
Lame /. posters do tend to wobble. Is it still confirmable by observation if no one wants to observe it?