The same climate conditions that are good for corn are good for soybeans too. With the price of corn skyrocketing, many farmers, understandibly, will switch from soybeans to corn. Our free ride with cheap fuels has come to an end.
Actually, that has already happened. There was an article on that very subject in the Wall Street Journal just a few months ago, and how the switch is already under way.
Maybe if we stopped subsidizing oil, gas, corn, and other things the market would work better, huh? But I'm not holding my breath. That's why I bought a few hundred shares of Valero Energy (ethanol from corn) at the IPO.
But if you had an auto-ban feature on WoW where if you get 10 ban requests from ten different people in a small enough amount of time you'll automatically get kicked.
A better auto-ban is if you curse and swear and 10 total people report you in a 72 hour period, you lose the ability to post to Chat (/1,/2,/3) other than Party Chat (/p) and Guild Chat (/g) for 72 hours. Parties (/p) are only 5 people and Guilds can always demote you to a level not able to post to Guild Chat, so those are self-regulating.
One guild I was in, Femme Fatale, had to kick a n00b who cursed all the time. Guild chat is used a lot in that guild, so it just became too much. It was a guy, of course.
If they know enough to buy component cables, guess what, they know how to get up to 1080i. Troll somewhere else.
Sadly, this is untrue. Many people bought the HDMI cables but hooked them up incorrectly, getting confused between their DVR, their cable box, their HDTV, and all the other gizmos. According to actual surveys of real customers, 2/3 of people with HDTV are only getting 480p on the set end. Adding in a game box confuses them even more.
In a perfect world, everyone could follow instructions and get their electronics working.
Instead, most people have 12:00 flashing on and off.
Got to love them graphics. Too bad two-thirds of people with HDTV sets capable of 720i or 1080p can't even figure out how to get a higher res than 480p, which is what the Wii cranks out...
My favorite way of making coffee is to buy the "blood coffee" slave-labor beans I bought on sale for $0.99 a pound and keep in a zip-lock plastic bag. I then take a handful and put them in my made-in-China alkaline-battery-operated coffee grinder (bought at the dollar store - I'm on like the 5th one), run it until the batteries run out to get a really good grind, then dump it into a single-cup paper filter (the tiny kind that you throw away after each use), and make a nice cup of coffee with hormone-infused heavy cream or non-dairy creamer and a big pile of sugar.
So, in other words, you buy it at McDonalds, right?
The other methods are more easily detectable, with air-sampling robots and explosives-sniffing dogs.
The standard method uses timer cord to set off charges, but an ingenious person could set up a solar-powered device triggered by a remote laser if they thought about it for three minutes and invested $100 for scope, industrial magnifying square, and photovoltaic linker for the cap.
But, hey, what do I know, I only used to be a combat field engineer.
My favorite way of making coffee is to buy the fair trade organic coffee beans I bought on sale for $7 a pound and keep them in a 2 pound sealed ceramic jar. I then take a handful and put them in my Braun handheld coffee grinder (bought for $15 in Canada about 25 years ago and still working fine), swirl it and turn upside down to get a really good grind as I grind it, then tamp it lightly into the espresso cup (? that thing you put the fresh grounds in), and make a nice espresso latte - double or triple - with foamed 1 percent organic vanilla soy milk, and a shot of caramel, french vanilla, or hazelnut syrup.
Yum!
If it's the weekend I put it in a large soup cup and stir it with those pastry long cookies they sell in tins, or eat it with english muffins soaked in organic butter - but if it's a weekday I grab an organic apple for breakfast and eat it while I walk to work, as I also drink the latte from a Seattle International Film Festival cup I wash and reuse at day's end.
I used to drink Twinings tea (various) when I lived in BC, or get a nice coffee and a donut (non-glazed) from Tim Horton's, but that's what I do here.
Actually, there are ways to enforce such laws, using potential roommates to prove discrimination. People have gone to jail for such violations before.
As I said, don't like the law, then change it. But don't ask the courts to do your dirty work, when the law is what it is.
I've had friends who rented to someone who seemed fine, but who ended up - true - trying to axe murder them. She seemed totally normal and one day she went berserk and started hacking at people's doors and paintings - luckily the cops were nearby and they had phones in some of the rooms.
There is no such thing as safety, and bias is not defensible in law if the law states it is illegal. Don't like the law? Fine. Change it. But don't blame the courts for doing their job.
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I have a Wii, a Mac Mini, and various Linux boxen.
But I'm not buying WinVista.
I know, but I made much more on a shipping firm I bought into, quite frankly.
While I may have ethics, I can sense a trend.
at some point he will die. Besides, many people say many things and change their minds later.
The same climate conditions that are good for corn are good for soybeans too. With the price of corn skyrocketing, many farmers, understandibly, will switch from soybeans to corn. Our free ride with cheap fuels has come to an end.
Actually, that has already happened. There was an article on that very subject in the Wall Street Journal just a few months ago, and how the switch is already under way.
Maybe if we stopped subsidizing oil, gas, corn, and other things the market would work better, huh? But I'm not holding my breath. That's why I bought a few hundred shares of Valero Energy (ethanol from corn) at the IPO.
End the embargo on Cuba and import Sugar Cane processed into ethanol.
But that would take guts. Something lacking in America nowadays.
Real capitalists understand that the market doesn't care about politics.
Face it, Sony just can't catch a break.
And a scientist on Mars could do ten times more. Especially if she's a woman.
the Leather Goddesses of Phobos?
Well, I would hazard a guess that they're orbiting Mars on one of the two moons.
After all, we don't want Her being accused of being a Terrorist, do we?
A Martian walked into a bar, and ordered a glass of water.
Bartender said, "We're a bar, we just serve alcoholic drinks."
Martian said "Well, since I'm not an alchohol-based life form, could I just have a glass of water instead?"
And that, friends, is why Mars is Dry.
Ah, then why do surveys still show that most still don't run even close to the resolution of their HDTV set?
Interlaced or not, it's still a far cry.
Wake me in 2009.
But if you had an auto-ban feature on WoW where if you get 10 ban requests from ten different people in a small enough amount of time you'll automatically get kicked.
/2, /3) other than Party Chat (/p) and Guild Chat (/g) for 72 hours. Parties (/p) are only 5 people and Guilds can always demote you to a level not able to post to Guild Chat, so those are self-regulating.
A better auto-ban is if you curse and swear and 10 total people report you in a 72 hour period, you lose the ability to post to Chat (/1,
One guild I was in, Femme Fatale, had to kick a n00b who cursed all the time. Guild chat is used a lot in that guild, so it just became too much. It was a guy, of course.
whether you like it or not.
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Just as my Care Bear guild leader Kehrbehr will get a group of Druid Taureans to dance as bears whenever it pleases him.
Just use Ignore. I'm far more concerned with Gold Spamming, quite frankly
If they know enough to buy component cables, guess what, they know how to get up to 1080i. Troll somewhere else.
Sadly, this is untrue. Many people bought the HDMI cables but hooked them up incorrectly, getting confused between their DVR, their cable box, their HDTV, and all the other gizmos. According to actual surveys of real customers, 2/3 of people with HDTV are only getting 480p on the set end. Adding in a game box confuses them even more.
In a perfect world, everyone could follow instructions and get their electronics working.
Instead, most people have 12:00 flashing on and off.
Sorry, s/699/599/g
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I think you meant s/PS3/Wii/g
Got to love them graphics. Too bad two-thirds of people with HDTV sets capable of 720i or 1080p can't even figure out how to get a higher res than 480p, which is what the Wii cranks out ...
One game to Rule Them All
One game to Bind Them
One game for PS3, and not for Wii or xBox360
In the Shadows where the PS3 moans
Three games for the Elven Kings in their Halls of Shrubberies
Full of graphics but with POV that makes them unusable
Five games for the Dwarven Kings in their dank cold basement flats
Hack and slash with no plot
Seven games for Mortal Man, Doomed to Die
FPS is all you get
One game to Rule Them All
Still cannot be found
It, alas, is ported to the Wii
And to Nintendo is Bound!
As someone else said, in most cases sexual preference is not protected, so you're wrong.
Not in half of the US and most of Canada. Discrimination on those grounds is frequently illegal in most major counties and most cities.
You probably haven't been reading the newspaper recently.
Well, the wonderful thing is that I am not part of YOUR legal system.
Actually, under Pax Americana, you are. We frequently invade countries just because we don't like the way you dot your i's.
You haven't lived until you've had a fresh donut and coffee from Tim Horton's.
Zap! ... Crackle ...
Hmm, I'm thinking free will for a fruit fly might not work so well in practice.
My favorite way of making coffee is to buy the "blood coffee" slave-labor beans I bought on sale for $0.99 a pound and keep in a zip-lock plastic bag. I then take a handful and put them in my made-in-China alkaline-battery-operated coffee grinder (bought at the dollar store - I'm on like the 5th one), run it until the batteries run out to get a really good grind, then dump it into a single-cup paper filter (the tiny kind that you throw away after each use), and make a nice cup of coffee with hormone-infused heavy cream or non-dairy creamer and a big pile of sugar.
So, in other words, you buy it at McDonalds, right?
The other methods are more easily detectable, with air-sampling robots and explosives-sniffing dogs.
The standard method uses timer cord to set off charges, but an ingenious person could set up a solar-powered device triggered by a remote laser if they thought about it for three minutes and invested $100 for scope, industrial magnifying square, and photovoltaic linker for the cap.
But, hey, what do I know, I only used to be a combat field engineer.
My favorite way of making coffee is to buy the fair trade organic coffee beans I bought on sale for $7 a pound and keep them in a 2 pound sealed ceramic jar. I then take a handful and put them in my Braun handheld coffee grinder (bought for $15 in Canada about 25 years ago and still working fine), swirl it and turn upside down to get a really good grind as I grind it, then tamp it lightly into the espresso cup (? that thing you put the fresh grounds in), and make a nice espresso latte - double or triple - with foamed 1 percent organic vanilla soy milk, and a shot of caramel, french vanilla, or hazelnut syrup.
Yum!
If it's the weekend I put it in a large soup cup and stir it with those pastry long cookies they sell in tins, or eat it with english muffins soaked in organic butter - but if it's a weekday I grab an organic apple for breakfast and eat it while I walk to work, as I also drink the latte from a Seattle International Film Festival cup I wash and reuse at day's end.
I used to drink Twinings tea (various) when I lived in BC, or get a nice coffee and a donut (non-glazed) from Tim Horton's, but that's what I do here.
Actually, there are ways to enforce such laws, using potential roommates to prove discrimination. People have gone to jail for such violations before.
As I said, don't like the law, then change it. But don't ask the courts to do your dirty work, when the law is what it is.
I've had friends who rented to someone who seemed fine, but who ended up - true - trying to axe murder them. She seemed totally normal and one day she went berserk and started hacking at people's doors and paintings - luckily the cops were nearby and they had phones in some of the rooms.
There is no such thing as safety, and bias is not defensible in law if the law states it is illegal. Don't like the law? Fine. Change it. But don't blame the courts for doing their job.