Good! The Afghanistan war was justified. The Iraq War wasn't.
If we had done Afghanistan right in the first place, instead of running off to Iraq because Dick Cheney wanted some oil development contracts for his buddies, we wouldn't HAVE to still be there.
Someone like us had to invent that ball, the vulcanized rubber it's made of, the sneakers the player wears, the lights he needs to play indoors, the condom he needs to stop all those paternity suits, etc. Not to denigrate the skills of a good ballplayer, but the way I see it, the NBA owes us way more respect than we owe them.
At least the government takes safety regulation seriously in regard to nuke plants. Try living next to an oil refinery or coal ash reservoir, which may or may not even have been inspected by any government agency in the last decade.
Yeah, but in the real-world, how many apps work your hardware to its max capacity for long periods of time? Considering how long Koreans are known to play Starcraft, I imagine there will be quite a rash of computer fires south of the 38th parallel, and a subsequent rash of suicides and shooting sprees.
More often than not, it's not the black hats themselves who behave irresponsibly--it's the software companies who, when notified of a flaw, drag their heals on fixing the problem and then have the gall to bitch about it when the hacker finally gets tired of it and goes public.
Seriously, is anyone on/. using IE anyway? Firefox with adblock and noscript is all you need. As long as MS doesn't go all Apple and try to stop me from installing an alternate brower, who really gives a shit?
Sure it screws over those who use IE. But those who use IE have been getting screwed over for a long time. So what's new?
Steve is already readying his police cronies to kick down some doors to stop this. And don't think some hippie court ruling is going to stand in Steve's way! He'll say this is malicious hacking.
There is one scene where they revisit a particularly sad little girl and see that she has a buzz-cut. When they ask her what happened to her pretty hair, she replies "I had lice" with the saddest look you've ever seen. It's a heartbreaking moment.
Poor kids are always the most tragic thing to see. It's one thing to see a piece-of-shit adult meth-head who has thrown his/her life away. It's quite another to look into at that meth-head's poor kid, who doesn't even have clean clothes to wear to school.
Yes, because that wasn't a mistake. It was an indication that I went through 12 years of primary and secondary education, 4 years of undergraduate work, and 6 years on a Masters and a Ph.D. and was never once told the difference between "Your" and "You're." Until you came along and enlightened me just now, I was ignorant and lost. A lot of people would have just assumed that it was a mistake--but not you. You, and only you, realized that I needed the grammatical guidance of a kind scholar like yourself. You stepped forward, ignoring the citics who would dismiss you as a smug grammar Nazi, and said "No, I will not allow him to remain ignorant!"
It's funny. Just last night on HBO, I watched a documentary on all the poor kids who live in the cheap motels surrounding Disneyland. They're too poor to actually go into Disneyland, but at least Walt and Co. haven't figured out a way to keep them from watching the fireworks at night. It was kind of sad, really.
In all fairness, most football programs MAKE money for the University. The ticket sales and merchandising are a HUGE boon for most universities, with little in the way of player salaries to cut into all that phat cash.
And, even if they didn't make money directly, popular sports programs are often a huge draw for the local donors and alumni supporters that keep most universities going. Like it or not, wealthy alumni and locals are a helluva lot more interested in how the football/basketball teams are doing than how many papers Professor Dipschitz published this year, or how much you've improved your graduation rate.
And before a bunch of you non-Americans kick in with snide "handegg" remarks, yes I'm aware that you're "football" is different from ours. But we *are* talking about American universities here.
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We'll leave when the Germans regain our trust.
Good! The Afghanistan war was justified. The Iraq War wasn't.
If we had done Afghanistan right in the first place, instead of running off to Iraq because Dick Cheney wanted some oil development contracts for his buddies, we wouldn't HAVE to still be there.
Back in *my* day, everything was better. Nickels used to have pictures of bumblebees on them back then.
Well, in all fairness, Einstein was quite a player.
'Tis true enough. But then, I don't blow all *my* salary on Escalades, drugs, and gold teeth.
Too bad it wasn't Richie Sambora. He would care.
Someone like us had to invent that ball, the vulcanized rubber it's made of, the sneakers the player wears, the lights he needs to play indoors, the condom he needs to stop all those paternity suits, etc. Not to denigrate the skills of a good ballplayer, but the way I see it, the NBA owes us way more respect than we owe them.
I want Palin if office, not because I think she's competent or anything, just for the lulz.
If that were the case /. would be full of retards and the NBA would be full of geniuses.
I'll believe it when Jon Bon Jovi announces that he's found the Higgs Boson.
At least the government takes safety regulation seriously in regard to nuke plants. Try living next to an oil refinery or coal ash reservoir, which may or may not even have been inspected by any government agency in the last decade.
Yeah, but Syfy was only there for some footage of a DinoGator.
He said Java. What's the difference?
My browser blocked the "dick in ass" script from ever running. How about yours?
Yeah, but in the real-world, how many apps work your hardware to its max capacity for long periods of time? Considering how long Koreans are known to play Starcraft, I imagine there will be quite a rash of computer fires south of the 38th parallel, and a subsequent rash of suicides and shooting sprees.
More often than not, it's not the black hats themselves who behave irresponsibly--it's the software companies who, when notified of a flaw, drag their heals on fixing the problem and then have the gall to bitch about it when the hacker finally gets tired of it and goes public.
Seriously, is anyone on /. using IE anyway? Firefox with adblock and noscript is all you need. As long as MS doesn't go all Apple and try to stop me from installing an alternate brower, who really gives a shit?
Sure it screws over those who use IE. But those who use IE have been getting screwed over for a long time. So what's new?
No way. Apple would never use a security firm that was so wide open.
Steve is already readying his police cronies to kick down some doors to stop this. And don't think some hippie court ruling is going to stand in Steve's way! He'll say this is malicious hacking.
There is one scene where they revisit a particularly sad little girl and see that she has a buzz-cut. When they ask her what happened to her pretty hair, she replies "I had lice" with the saddest look you've ever seen. It's a heartbreaking moment.
Poor kids are always the most tragic thing to see. It's one thing to see a piece-of-shit adult meth-head who has thrown his/her life away. It's quite another to look into at that meth-head's poor kid, who doesn't even have clean clothes to wear to school.
Another hero!
Lol, could you say that again please? I love how you pronounce "moot."
Yes, because that wasn't a mistake. It was an indication that I went through 12 years of primary and secondary education, 4 years of undergraduate work, and 6 years on a Masters and a Ph.D. and was never once told the difference between "Your" and "You're." Until you came along and enlightened me just now, I was ignorant and lost. A lot of people would have just assumed that it was a mistake--but not you. You, and only you, realized that I needed the grammatical guidance of a kind scholar like yourself. You stepped forward, ignoring the citics who would dismiss you as a smug grammar Nazi, and said "No, I will not allow him to remain ignorant!"
Thank you, sir! Thank you!
Oh, here's a link to info on the documentary. I guess there is poverty everywhere.
It's funny. Just last night on HBO, I watched a documentary on all the poor kids who live in the cheap motels surrounding Disneyland. They're too poor to actually go into Disneyland, but at least Walt and Co. haven't figured out a way to keep them from watching the fireworks at night. It was kind of sad, really.
In all fairness, most football programs MAKE money for the University. The ticket sales and merchandising are a HUGE boon for most universities, with little in the way of player salaries to cut into all that phat cash.
And, even if they didn't make money directly, popular sports programs are often a huge draw for the local donors and alumni supporters that keep most universities going. Like it or not, wealthy alumni and locals are a helluva lot more interested in how the football/basketball teams are doing than how many papers Professor Dipschitz published this year, or how much you've improved your graduation rate.
And before a bunch of you non-Americans kick in with snide "handegg" remarks, yes I'm aware that you're "football" is different from ours. But we *are* talking about American universities here.