Helped in my home. I couldn't countenance paying over $100 for something that ony played more expensive movies. However I was definately a console player, so I bought a PS2. Then I started buying/renting dvds. Then my folks (I was 16 at the time) wanted to be able to watch all the movies I bought / rented, so they bought a player. It did help speed things up, though I imagine we would've bought the player eventually anyway.
Do you reconfigure your fuel injector when you fill up at a different gas station?
I'm a ricer... of course I do.
make sure you bring it in every 3000 miles for service
Alas, they cannot even figure this out. I used to work as a mechanic. I can;t count the number of blown engines, transmissions, differentials because people never changed anything but the oil, and sometimes not even that. That's why I quit and came back to computers. I can't train them, but at least I can take care of all my clients computers and not have to fix them.
I actually use a small company in the area which gets their connection through XO. The customer service I receive is great. And it's a microwave connection 1 mbps up and down for $80/mo. Not bad, since I could cancel $20/mo dailup and $40/mo phone line. Static IP so I don't even need a dynamic dns system. Runs my server great (no link for the slashdot horde, until I upgrade to the following). I'm going to upgrade to the 3 mbps up and down (each) for just $150/mo. I think it's a great deal since I live in the boonies. Cable TV won't even reach me... which is no loss to me. I'm luckey they run power out that far...
I'm glad I've cancelled every account I have that as anything to do with Bell already. This just confirms I won't be going back. And the web is amorphus enough that they won't be able to slow me down every time.
A couple follow up questions then... Do all your favorite bands come near enough that you can see them in concert. The ones I like very rarely do and I live in a fairly large city and within a couple hours of a few very large cities. And in the case that you believe F/OSS should be user development driven, how many man-hours have you donated in programming time to the projects you use? And do you consider that fair trade?
Do you donate to all the webcomics and flash cartoons you view? Those go straight to the creators. What about here on slashdot, do you subscribe? That goes straight to the creators. Do you donate when you find a usefull F/OSS app? I donate when I enjoy a program. I fact I think I'm going to donate again to Gentoo, just because I find it so useful. There are many means of donating directly to the creator, and as more people do it, the method will spread more. So please donate to these people, if don't. Oh, and if you don't, then I call BS on your entire post because of this line:
Turn off your computer. Go outside. You are wasting power by posting on Slashdot. You should do something productive with your time and effort. Quit being so selfish. Oh, wait... you just want everyone else to do this...
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Not really. Just cause my friend flushed his pot down the toilet while his house was being raided and the cops didn't find it doesn't mean he didn't have it. The same thing could've happened with the WMD. Oh, and they did find all the preparation in place. And ballistic chemical warheads, just waiting to be filled. You just won't hear about it on the news. Do I think that Bush is doing the right thing? Yes. Do I think it could be done better? Yes, just hand control of the action away from the politicians into the hands of the Marine Corps. It'd be done by now. And we wouldn't have to worry a Kaddafi, either. I'm all for world peace, but not at the cost of the freedom for fellow humans. I value the freedoms of others as highly as I do my own, which is why I write monthly letters to my Congresscritters telling them not to pass various things coming up for vote the infringe upon my rights. When they do, I vote against them the next time. That's the way things work. And the day they try to peel ANY of the bill of rights away is the day I protect myself by organizing demonstrations of whatever caliber necessary. As should any man. But for those less forunate, I think 2000 soldiers lives is a small price to pay for the freedom of millions, and safety of all of us. As for the live and let live policy, we tried that, and had 8 attacks against us during Clinton's era. It didn't work, not because we were opressing them, but because our WAY OF LIFE offends them. And I'm not going to change that. Because I don't have to. And they CANNOT make me.
BTW, the pic was of one of the hundreds of mass graves in Iraq filled during Saddam's regime, and the primary reason we went to Iraq, if you actually go back and listen to the original speech Bush gave on going into Iraq and why we needed to do it.
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I think I'd use it as a check device to see if the "local" translator was lying to me. If the difference is blatant, then maybe I'd find another translator.
This thread had been very fulfilling and insightful on both sides. I am also a Mormon, and all I can say is research != belief, so please research something before generalizing it. And I think stormin has done a good job of saying this
In keeping context with the game...
Gods don't let you vote. Niether should GM's, as they are considered "gods" in the game. If wew want a new creature, we can't just vote for it...
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Helped in my home. I couldn't countenance paying over $100 for something that ony played more expensive movies. However I was definately a console player, so I bought a PS2. Then I started buying/renting dvds. Then my folks (I was 16 at the time) wanted to be able to watch all the movies I bought / rented, so they bought a player. It did help speed things up, though I imagine we would've bought the player eventually anyway.
Do you reconfigure your fuel injector when you fill up at a different gas station?
I'm a ricer... of course I do.
make sure you bring it in every 3000 miles for service
Alas, they cannot even figure this out. I used to work as a mechanic. I can;t count the number of blown engines, transmissions, differentials because people never changed anything but the oil, and sometimes not even that. That's why I quit and came back to computers. I can't train them, but at least I can take care of all my clients computers and not have to fix them.
Yeah, but so do the bribes...
World War 3 is coming you know...
Russia
...scourge go Kamikaze. Just sacrifice a wraith to draw it off...
"jedi" + "lawyer" = Div/0.
I thought all force-wielding lawyers were sith...
Yup!
Cool.. finally a reson to get rid of income tax!
Jack Thompson... Is that you???
I actually use a small company in the area which gets their connection through XO. The customer service I receive is great. And it's a microwave connection 1 mbps up and down for $80/mo. Not bad, since I could cancel $20/mo dailup and $40/mo phone line. Static IP so I don't even need a dynamic dns system. Runs my server great (no link for the slashdot horde, until I upgrade to the following). I'm going to upgrade to the 3 mbps up and down (each) for just $150/mo. I think it's a great deal since I live in the boonies. Cable TV won't even reach me... which is no loss to me. I'm luckey they run power out that far...
hmm... as a side thought... this would make Skype and VoIP useless... maybe that's how they're going to maintain their regional monopolies?
I'm glad I've cancelled every account I have that as anything to do with Bell already. This just confirms I won't be going back. And the web is amorphus enough that they won't be able to slow me down every time.
A couple follow up questions then... Do all your favorite bands come near enough that you can see them in concert. The ones I like very rarely do and I live in a fairly large city and within a couple hours of a few very large cities. And in the case that you believe F/OSS should be user development driven, how many man-hours have you donated in programming time to the projects you use? And do you consider that fair trade?
Do you donate to all the webcomics and flash cartoons you view? Those go straight to the creators. What about here on slashdot, do you subscribe? That goes straight to the creators. Do you donate when you find a usefull F/OSS app? I donate when I enjoy a program. I fact I think I'm going to donate again to Gentoo, just because I find it so useful. There are many means of donating directly to the creator, and as more people do it, the method will spread more. So please donate to these people, if don't. Oh, and if you don't, then I call BS on your entire post because of this line:
I'll be happy to send them some money.
You could just run Gentoo, then it'd ALL be compiled to your hardware...
Turn off your computer. Go outside. You are wasting power by posting on Slashdot. You should do something productive with your time and effort. Quit being so selfish. Oh, wait... you just want everyone else to do this...
Not really. Just cause my friend flushed his pot down the toilet while his house was being raided and the cops didn't find it doesn't mean he didn't have it. The same thing could've happened with the WMD. Oh, and they did find all the preparation in place. And ballistic chemical warheads, just waiting to be filled. You just won't hear about it on the news. Do I think that Bush is doing the right thing? Yes. Do I think it could be done better? Yes, just hand control of the action away from the politicians into the hands of the Marine Corps. It'd be done by now. And we wouldn't have to worry a Kaddafi, either. I'm all for world peace, but not at the cost of the freedom for fellow humans. I value the freedoms of others as highly as I do my own, which is why I write monthly letters to my Congresscritters telling them not to pass various things coming up for vote the infringe upon my rights. When they do, I vote against them the next time. That's the way things work. And the day they try to peel ANY of the bill of rights away is the day I protect myself by organizing demonstrations of whatever caliber necessary. As should any man. But for those less forunate, I think 2000 soldiers lives is a small price to pay for the freedom of millions, and safety of all of us. As for the live and let live policy, we tried that, and had 8 attacks against us during Clinton's era. It didn't work, not because we were opressing them, but because our WAY OF LIFE offends them. And I'm not going to change that. Because I don't have to. And they CANNOT make me.
BTW, the pic was of one of the hundreds of mass graves in Iraq filled during Saddam's regime, and the primary reason we went to Iraq, if you actually go back and listen to the original speech Bush gave on going into Iraq and why we needed to do it.
All the proof I need...
I think I'd use it as a check device to see if the "local" translator was lying to me. If the difference is blatant, then maybe I'd find another translator.
You're from California????
This thread had been very fulfilling and insightful on both sides. I am also a Mormon, and all I can say is research != belief, so please research something before generalizing it. And I think stormin has done a good job of saying this
Jane wrecked her kia rio and died.
Jim wrecked his Hummer and died
Therefore both vehicles are deathtraps.
Never mind that the accidents may have happened completely differently. One is safer than the other. It all a matter of degree.
In keeping context with the game...
Gods don't let you vote. Niether should GM's, as they are considered "gods" in the game. If wew want a new creature, we can't just vote for it...
Habyt where it was "and" not "on"??