Christian "Conservatives" and unseemly acts in public restrooms, tend to conjure each other up.
You got your quoted words mixed up. I think you meant: "Christian" Conservatives.
Being [politically] "Conservative" does not necessitate morality. Being "Christian" presumably has some connotation of morality.
I find it interesting that you are ok with calling unseemly acts in public restrooms a Christian, but seem to hesitate to really refer to them as Conservative.
Ah, yes. That is true. But there are unincorporated cities in Santa Clara County... San Martin, parts of Morgan Hill. Not sure about outskirts of other cities (outskirts of Gilroy?).
Small population out there, sure, but not quite "nobody":)
Yeah, eating slowly and the mental-appreciation-of-being-full delay thing is something I have heard as well... but I meant with things I particularly like. Say.... brownies. Mostly sugary substances. I can eat quite a bit and have to restrain myself or physical issues occur (breaking out, getting sick, etc). I was putting fast food at the same level as the unhealthiest normal food I could think of, dessert...;)
I didn't realize that.... whaaaaat? It only affects unincorporated areas? That would be places like San Martin, outskirts of towns, etc. So... why? I see absolutely no rational reason that would make someone only apply this to unincorporated areas. If it was really a good thing to do that would make a big change in kids' health... I guess those who live in the city limits are healthy. It's those fat rural kids that run around outside that are the problem:)
It's not even necessarily the symptom. It may as well just be a correlation.
I know tons of adults that did NOT eat McDonald's growing up, and are more or less addicted to it. And it's not because of the toys.
I'm lucky enough to actually not really like the taste, although I feel the I-want-more effect. Same effect I get with some other foods, though, and not just fast food.
Which they might. Or might not. Who knows? The deal is, it's NOT their responsibility. The deal is... when we start deciding that we need what is absolutely best based on my opinion, we have gone over into... well, I don't know what that would be called. I'd call it "communism" because it's the idea that everyone else decides what is best for you, in a way. Including your kids - what they believe, how they dress, what they learn, and what they eat. I'm not trying to scare everyone using "communism" in a sentence, but that appears to have been one of the main purposes in Russia, as an example.
It looks like the legislation is against the toys. Not the junk food. You can still buy the junk food. The kid doesn't get a toy, though MAYBE it will make the kid want a happy meal less? Maybe. Will it make the parents go to McDonald's less? Hm. Maybe. They'll go to Burger King instead! No, that's not greasy enough...
To me, this smells of "we need to pass something so it looks like we're addressing the problem."
There was nothing around $17k/yr. Do you happen to have any reference for what you're claiming, or are you making up stats on the spot to prove your point?
1. I agree that it's irrelevant in 100% rational debate... but most people begin to think in those sorts of ways - oh, you're defending something, it must because you are that something and therefore you are biased.
3. So you disregard the "out of context" as an excuse, and call my "look what I can do if I take things out of context" statement a false argument? Hm. My point is that if someone is claiming that what someone said has been taken out of context, the real argument against that would be to show that, in context, it IS what he really said. Not just blast the "out of context" bit.
4. There was no sexual innuendo. Or, if there was, it was not put there intentionally by me. I read it multiple times, now, and still don't see any...
The Apple bashing comes from Apple users being on their high-horse about their Apple products that they use... i.e., "you're still using windoze? why don't you just see the light and get a mac?"
"the iPad is going to be the biggest innovation of the decade!!1"
... and other examples of that sort of mentality. The iPad isn't particularly innovative, IMO; it's just likely well designed, well manufactured, well marketed, and has an extremely famous brand associated with it. Brand is an incredible motivator... and I think that is primarily what Apple-bashers dislike; brand loyalty. This or that is cool because it's Apple and this or that is not as cool because it's not Apple.
That said, most of the Apple-bashing that takes place is just as silly as the Apple-user mindset that it criticizes. So is most of the Microsoft bashing. And Google bashing. The main issue? People decide to bash the users rather than logically work through the mindset. I use Microsoft products, but that doesn't make me a shill. I use Google products, that doesn't mean I support the One Google Government... etc.
2. I think they were horrible acts. I think it is horrible to cover them up/hide them.
3. I could "prove" to you that Obama is a Muslim and not born in the US, if you will allow me to disregard context enough.
4. Most people refer to this practice with various phrases, such as putting words into someone's mouth, or taking them out of context. However, when you happen to agree with what the out-of-context quotes appear to show, it's a lot easier to excuse the out-of-context taking.
5. I wanted to put the number 5 somewhere, so I did.
And "Christian" means "little Christ." If a "Christian" goes around killing people, insulting people, bullying people, etc, he is in no way a "little Christ." The two positions are mutually exclusive....
That's not pedantic, that's basic terminology. MonoTONE would be one TONE. Monophonic would be one "sound" [at a time]. The "monotonic Yankee Doodle" does not even make sense...
It should at least be rounded, if not just simply rounded up (i.e., ceiling). It's talking about people; you can't have 3.5 people, so if you want "more than 3" people then you need to go up to 4 people.
Turn-other-cheek is generally taken to refer to personal insults and the like.
And I see no logical reason to assume that because X says he is Y, that all Y are like X or that all Y even accept that X really is Y... nor, for that matter, any logical reason to lump X into Y just because X claims he is Y. I can claim to be an atheist that believes in God, but that doesn't mean most people will believe me.
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Christian "Conservatives" and unseemly acts in public restrooms, tend to conjure each other up.
You got your quoted words mixed up. I think you meant: "Christian" Conservatives.
Being [politically] "Conservative" does not necessitate morality. Being "Christian" presumably has some connotation of morality.
I find it interesting that you are ok with calling unseemly acts in public restrooms a Christian, but seem to hesitate to really refer to them as Conservative.
In a pinch, I use crossloop, which is nothing but hamachi+VNC in a neat little package.
A lot of what people pay for are common/reachable/available tools "in a neat little package." :)
Ah, yes. That is true. But there are unincorporated cities in Santa Clara County... San Martin, parts of Morgan Hill. Not sure about outskirts of other cities (outskirts of Gilroy?).
Small population out there, sure, but not quite "nobody" :)
Agree, it's pretty low. $21k/yr is pretty bad. I wonder how much work that actually is, of course... but still, that's pretty low...
I wonder how US Airways gets anyone to fly. hehe. Maybe they all transfer to US Airways and already have experience..
Yeah, eating slowly and the mental-appreciation-of-being-full delay thing is something I have heard as well... but I meant with things I particularly like. Say.... brownies. Mostly sugary substances. I can eat quite a bit and have to restrain myself or physical issues occur (breaking out, getting sick, etc). I was putting fast food at the same level as the unhealthiest normal food I could think of, dessert... ;)
as I would get from eating six Happy Meals
Dude, all those toys, you're totally going to get sick from them. Watch out. ;)
Being a Santa Clara County resident, my second thought was that there is no Santa Clara county, per se.
I'm confused... ? Yes there is?
I didn't realize that .... whaaaaat? It only affects unincorporated areas? That would be places like San Martin, outskirts of towns, etc. So... why? I see absolutely no rational reason that would make someone only apply this to unincorporated areas. If it was really a good thing to do that would make a big change in kids' health ... I guess those who live in the city limits are healthy. It's those fat rural kids that run around outside that are the problem :)
It's not even necessarily the symptom. It may as well just be a correlation.
I know tons of adults that did NOT eat McDonald's growing up, and are more or less addicted to it. And it's not because of the toys.
I'm lucky enough to actually not really like the taste, although I feel the I-want-more effect. Same effect I get with some other foods, though, and not just fast food.
by presuming they know better than I do
Which they might. Or might not. Who knows? The deal is, it's NOT their responsibility. The deal is ... when we start deciding that we need what is absolutely best based on my opinion, we have gone over into ... well, I don't know what that would be called. I'd call it "communism" because it's the idea that everyone else decides what is best for you, in a way. Including your kids - what they believe, how they dress, what they learn, and what they eat. I'm not trying to scare everyone using "communism" in a sentence, but that appears to have been one of the main purposes in Russia, as an example.
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It looks like the legislation is against the toys. Not the junk food. You can still buy the junk food. The kid doesn't get a toy, though MAYBE it will make the kid want a happy meal less? Maybe. Will it make the parents go to McDonald's less? Hm. Maybe. They'll go to Burger King instead! No, that's not greasy enough...
To me, this smells of "we need to pass something so it looks like we're addressing the problem."
Everyone knows that time goes faster as you get older. Same with formats.
This is old data, but: http://www.pea.com/imd/airline-pilot-salary.asp
There was nothing around $17k/yr. Do you happen to have any reference for what you're claiming, or are you making up stats on the spot to prove your point?
1. I agree that it's irrelevant in 100% rational debate... but most people begin to think in those sorts of ways - oh, you're defending something, it must because you are that something and therefore you are biased.
3. So you disregard the "out of context" as an excuse, and call my "look what I can do if I take things out of context" statement a false argument? Hm. My point is that if someone is claiming that what someone said has been taken out of context, the real argument against that would be to show that, in context, it IS what he really said. Not just blast the "out of context" bit.
4. There was no sexual innuendo. Or, if there was, it was not put there intentionally by me. I read it multiple times, now, and still don't see any...
5. Bah. Humour. ;)
The Apple bashing comes from Apple users being on their high-horse about their Apple products that they use... i.e., "you're still using windoze? why don't you just see the light and get a mac?"
"the iPad is going to be the biggest innovation of the decade!!1"
... and other examples of that sort of mentality. The iPad isn't particularly innovative, IMO; it's just likely well designed, well manufactured, well marketed, and has an extremely famous brand associated with it. Brand is an incredible motivator... and I think that is primarily what Apple-bashers dislike; brand loyalty. This or that is cool because it's Apple and this or that is not as cool because it's not Apple.
That said, most of the Apple-bashing that takes place is just as silly as the Apple-user mindset that it criticizes. So is most of the Microsoft bashing. And Google bashing. The main issue? People decide to bash the users rather than logically work through the mindset. I use Microsoft products, but that doesn't make me a shill. I use Google products, that doesn't mean I support the One Google Government... etc.
1. I am not Catholic.
2. I think they were horrible acts. I think it is horrible to cover them up/hide them.
3. I could "prove" to you that Obama is a Muslim and not born in the US, if you will allow me to disregard context enough.
4. Most people refer to this practice with various phrases, such as putting words into someone's mouth, or taking them out of context. However, when you happen to agree with what the out-of-context quotes appear to show, it's a lot easier to excuse the out-of-context taking.
5. I wanted to put the number 5 somewhere, so I did.
Ah, misunderstood. I agree, note would have been better. :)
"Multi-note harmonies" = polyphony.
It's not a pedantic. It's the meaning of the word. Flat. Unvarying. Never changes. an unchanging intonation according to Google.
I am pretty sure this would be similar to me saying that Linux == Ubuntu. Most people would not particularly like that here ;)
but the quality of computer sound used to be quite bad, and "Yankee Doodle" played without pitch changes would still be recognizable from the rhythm.
If they actually meant monotone... but it's difficult to believe that in 1989, the computer-generated sound was actually monotonic.
And "Christian" means "little Christ." If a "Christian" goes around killing people, insulting people, bullying people, etc, he is in no way a "little Christ." The two positions are mutually exclusive....
That's not pedantic, that's basic terminology. MonoTONE would be one TONE. Monophonic would be one "sound" [at a time]. The "monotonic Yankee Doodle" does not even make sense...
Hmmm, after looking at it again it looks like they *are* rounding up/ceiling.
The issue is that they were rounding up an integer that was too small..
(in other words, you're right, hehe)
It should at least be rounded, if not just simply rounded up (i.e., ceiling). It's talking about people; you can't have 3.5 people, so if you want "more than 3" people then you need to go up to 4 people.
Turn-other-cheek is generally taken to refer to personal insults and the like.
And I see no logical reason to assume that because X says he is Y, that all Y are like X or that all Y even accept that X really is Y... nor, for that matter, any logical reason to lump X into Y just because X claims he is Y. I can claim to be an atheist that believes in God, but that doesn't mean most people will believe me.
Exile 3 has a Linux version, if you want an older engine (Avernum was a quasi-new engine vaguely, and Avernum 1, 2, and 3 == Exile 1, 2, and 3).