Let's be realisitic, I'm as proud of my Y chromosome as any of us... but all women really have to do to get rid of us is to stop talking us out of the stupid shit we'd find to do (Ie: shooting fireworks at each other, never wearing helmets or any safety equipment, seeing how many bottles of beer we really can take down and pass around) and we'd basically drive ourselves to the brink of extinction, then all they'd need to do is give us a gentle shove over the edge...
Ummm... Since being baptized and confirmed as a catholic, I have rejected religion altogether. (I like to think I maintain some of the values and such, but that's beside the point) However, when last I checked; God is not the attributed author of the Bible... The New Testament was attributed primarily to Mathew, Mark, Luke, and John, while the origins of the Old Testament are considerably less certain, however most scholars beleive that it was complied between the 12th and 2nd Century BC.
But yeah, anyhow...
To the Parent and GGP, all I can say is wow, that's some of the most intelligent thinking I've ever read here. You are both clearly well educated and can form your own thoughts; which is worthy of applause (though it's clear that that's not what either of you are looking for) You both understand the world far better than the grabastic atheist religion haters (I'm neither atheist nor an active member of an organized religion) in that you understand that a view of the world is entirely subjective, and that your view isn't what everyone else absolutely must share.
We've seen far too much of xenophobia in American politics (freedom fries anyone?) There's no room in this world for intolerance. Not at the level of the fundamentalist republicans, who's fundamentals don't rely nearly as much on the Christian beleifs as they would have you believe; What's more of a christian fundamental than "Turn the other Cheek?" And when was the last time the Republicans advocated that? However having said that, there is also no room for those who would bully those who have a belief structure, how are you any better if you bully the bully (or better yet someone who you associate with the bully, because he shares similar beleifs)?
I do beleive that religion and politics should be separate entities, that doesn't mean that the moral values of somebody's belief structure can't influence them in a positive way.
That's my opinion, which is subjective, not objective, I don't expect everyone to drop what they're doing and agree with me, I'm just speaking my mind. As a Canadian who was stuck voting for a liar or a bunch of idiots, I can't help but be a bit jealous that we didn't have a candidate who was clearly the leader of the pack.
All those mid 80s Crown Victorias that come out of nowhere, seemingly as if the old fart driving didn't see you coming... maybe he didn't, but maybe he did and it was too late to move his foot 6 inches to the left...
Actually, that's an example of a simile...
There's also a hilarious Irish stand-up comedian that was on Just for Laughs a few years back, but I can't find it on youtube.
Ok, I'm not going to gripe and moan for too long (notice how I can speak all 'intelligibly' too, I didn't say "bitch and moan") but what is the point of reading through dozens of uncensored comments posted by fans of a comedian made famous by his potty mouth, only to whine about people who swear? Clearly if you have nothing better to do than complain about how others are communicating than you're making no great advances in your community, and thus for society, making you a degenerate yourself.
Furthermore, Is there a polar opposite to preaching to the converted? (or preaching to the choir if you prefer the Christian expression) If there isn't, I think you've just invented it.
IANAL either, seriously not:D, but the problem with that, is many things that are typically confidential can easily be gotten with a warrant. Doctor patient confidentiality is another that is easily overturned. See I did learn something watching CSI and Law and Order:D
Hmmm, I think of the concept of sexbots a sort of self-induced natural selection. The people who will straight-up refuse to be with their human counterparts will basically remove themselves from evolution; Not unlike the people who've removed themselves with some of these amazing award winning performances.
Cheers,
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"Let me explain to you how this works. You see, the corporations finance Team America. And then Team America goes out and the corporations sit there in their, in their corporation buildings and, and and see that's, they're all corporationy, and they make money. Mhm."
Well my problem with an earring sized phone is that if it only works on a voice activation level, what happens if you catch a cold? No buttons to fall back on. I know with my phone, LG 325(I think) if I have a cold, or God forbid, my allergies (to my pets) act up, voice dialing is thrown to the wind...
Hmmm, sounds like my first car after a short while of me owning it. No starter and a battery that wouldn't hold a charge. Had to force it up to operating speed to get the engine to operate too.
I'm currently sitting in a Dell Call Center, and for the most part even the dumbest end user can be helped with the right steps. My only ammendment is;
As long as they can read.
There's nothing worse, or very few things from a CSP point of view worse than walking someone through an OS reinstallation when they can't read 75% of what's on their screen.
Then again if we're talking about a book, I guess we don't have to gear it towards those types of people, unless of course this is going to be a 'book on tape'. Hey, now there's an idea...
ah, er, well I stand corrected then. At least my excuse for not knowing is that I live in Canada:D. Also the only states I've been to are 21+ for drinking. I'll go back to my ignorance for now.
Well, my American friend. You see, the US is one of the few countries that impose a legal drinking age of 21. Anywhere else in the world (that even has a legal age) tends to be on the side of 18-19, which really does make more sense since most people really are adult enough to handle it responsibly at that age. Now in terms of how other countries want to run themselves, in terms of copyright laws, pot-smoking laws, and any other form of law, that's really up to nobody but the citizens of those countries.
This has been another installation of the world views with yet another dumb, drunk Canadian.
Let me start by stating my (lack of) credentials. I'm not a network security PhD and don't pretend to be. I am however a general software technician. In my (limited I'm sure) experience; the vast majority of those port scanning bots tend to be scanning across lists of targeted IPs more often than (rnd()*253+1).(rnd()*253+1).(rnd()*253+1).(rnd() *253+1)
So, as long as you've reset your IP, assuming your dsl/cable modem has been connected and turned on for the 9 months you've been away (you can usually do this by resetting it) you're fine. Now if you have a static IP, and have been unconcerned about throwing your money away for that long, by all means, follow the extra careful routes above.
The problem is not getting it to work at all. The problem is not seriously shortening the life span of the hard drive by opening it up in an unclean environment.
Ok, so if the problem is not getting it to work, and is not the unclean environment, then what is it?
And you're absolutely right, but the point I was making is that; Just because a product is made overseas doesn't mean it's inferior to domestic products. My reply was to the parent who was ragging on parts made overseas vs. domestically, saying that anything made in '3rd world countries' like China, Korea, and Taiwan was crap.
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Let's be realisitic, I'm as proud of my Y chromosome as any of us... but all women really have to do to get rid of us is to stop talking us out of the stupid shit we'd find to do (Ie: shooting fireworks at each other, never wearing helmets or any safety equipment, seeing how many bottles of beer we really can take down and pass around) and we'd basically drive ourselves to the brink of extinction, then all they'd need to do is give us a gentle shove over the edge...
I don't care how benine it is, you can't call it Skynet. It just has bad mojo written all over it...
Ummm... Since being baptized and confirmed as a catholic, I have rejected religion altogether. (I like to think I maintain some of the values and such, but that's beside the point) However, when last I checked; God is not the attributed author of the Bible... The New Testament was attributed primarily to Mathew, Mark, Luke, and John, while the origins of the Old Testament are considerably less certain, however most scholars beleive that it was complied between the 12th and 2nd Century BC. But yeah, anyhow...
To the Parent and GGP, all I can say is wow, that's some of the most intelligent thinking I've ever read here. You are both clearly well educated and can form your own thoughts; which is worthy of applause (though it's clear that that's not what either of you are looking for) You both understand the world far better than the grabastic atheist religion haters (I'm neither atheist nor an active member of an organized religion) in that you understand that a view of the world is entirely subjective, and that your view isn't what everyone else absolutely must share.
We've seen far too much of xenophobia in American politics (freedom fries anyone?) There's no room in this world for intolerance. Not at the level of the fundamentalist republicans, who's fundamentals don't rely nearly as much on the Christian beleifs as they would have you believe; What's more of a christian fundamental than "Turn the other Cheek?" And when was the last time the Republicans advocated that? However having said that, there is also no room for those who would bully those who have a belief structure, how are you any better if you bully the bully (or better yet someone who you associate with the bully, because he shares similar beleifs)?
I do beleive that religion and politics should be separate entities, that doesn't mean that the moral values of somebody's belief structure can't influence them in a positive way.
That's my opinion, which is subjective, not objective, I don't expect everyone to drop what they're doing and agree with me, I'm just speaking my mind. As a Canadian who was stuck voting for a liar or a bunch of idiots, I can't help but be a bit jealous that we didn't have a candidate who was clearly the leader of the pack.
Cheers!
All those mid 80s Crown Victorias that come out of nowhere, seemingly as if the old fart driving didn't see you coming... maybe he didn't, but maybe he did and it was too late to move his foot 6 inches to the left...
I think you may be losing it. It won't act as a land rover, it will land a rover. I'm guessing it will orbit the moon and 'drop' the rover...
Actually, that's an example of a simile... There's also a hilarious Irish stand-up comedian that was on Just for Laughs a few years back, but I can't find it on youtube.
Ok, I'm not going to gripe and moan for too long (notice how I can speak all 'intelligibly' too, I didn't say "bitch and moan") but what is the point of reading through dozens of uncensored comments posted by fans of a comedian made famous by his potty mouth, only to whine about people who swear? Clearly if you have nothing better to do than complain about how others are communicating than you're making no great advances in your community, and thus for society, making you a degenerate yourself.
Furthermore, Is there a polar opposite to preaching to the converted? (or preaching to the choir if you prefer the Christian expression) If there isn't, I think you've just invented it.
IANAL either, seriously not :D, but the problem with that, is many things that are typically confidential can easily be gotten with a warrant. Doctor patient confidentiality is another that is easily overturned. See I did learn something watching CSI and Law and Order :D
Yours boots automatically? I've literally had to get out and take the 'boots' to mine to get it to start :D
Seemed smaller in metric huh?
1 Mile = 1.6km.
"The metric system is the tool of the devil! My car gets forty rods to the hogshead and that's the way I likes it."
KAAAAAAHN!!!!!
Hmmm, I think of the concept of sexbots a sort of self-induced natural selection. The people who will straight-up refuse to be with their human counterparts will basically remove themselves from evolution; Not unlike the people who've removed themselves with some of these amazing award winning performances.
Cheers,
Sounds like Tim Robbins in Team america:
"Let me explain to you how this works. You see, the corporations finance Team America. And then Team America goes out and the corporations sit there in their, in their corporation buildings and, and and see that's, they're all corporationy, and they make money. Mhm."
Well my problem with an earring sized phone is that if it only works on a voice activation level, what happens if you catch a cold? No buttons to fall back on. I know with my phone, LG 325(I think) if I have a cold, or God forbid, my allergies (to my pets) act up, voice dialing is thrown to the wind...
Hmmm, sounds like my first car after a short while of me owning it. No starter and a battery that wouldn't hold a charge. Had to force it up to operating speed to get the engine to operate too.
I'm currently sitting in a Dell Call Center, and for the most part even the dumbest end user can be helped with the right steps. My only ammendment is;
As long as they can read.
There's nothing worse, or very few things from a CSP point of view worse than walking someone through an OS reinstallation when they can't read 75% of what's on their screen.
Then again if we're talking about a book, I guess we don't have to gear it towards those types of people, unless of course this is going to be a 'book on tape'. Hey, now there's an idea...
ah, er, well I stand corrected then. At least my excuse for not knowing is that I live in Canada :D. Also the only states I've been to are 21+ for drinking. I'll go back to my ignorance for now.
Well, my American friend. You see, the US is one of the few countries that impose a legal drinking age of 21. Anywhere else in the world (that even has a legal age) tends to be on the side of 18-19, which really does make more sense since most people really are adult enough to handle it responsibly at that age. Now in terms of how other countries want to run themselves, in terms of copyright laws, pot-smoking laws, and any other form of law, that's really up to nobody but the citizens of those countries.
This has been another installation of the world views with yet another dumb, drunk Canadian.
Let me start by stating my (lack of) credentials. I'm not a network security PhD and don't pretend to be. I am however a general software technician. In my (limited I'm sure) experience; the vast majority of those port scanning bots tend to be scanning across lists of targeted IPs more often than) *253+1)
(rnd()*253+1).(rnd()*253+1).(rnd()*253+1).(rnd(
So, as long as you've reset your IP, assuming your dsl/cable modem has been connected and turned on for the 9 months you've been away (you can usually do this by resetting it) you're fine. Now if you have a static IP, and have been unconcerned about throwing your money away for that long, by all means, follow the extra careful routes above.
You mean people are registering for domains with false info? What a dirty despicable world...
The problem is not getting it to work at all. The problem is not seriously shortening the life span of the hard drive by opening it up in an unclean environment.
:D
Ok, so if the problem is not getting it to work, and is not the unclean environment, then what is it?
yeah, I know, I'm a jerk
No, it's the sound that crazy swamp tour driver makes when he takes off in his KIA!! (damn I watch too much TV sometimes)
And you're absolutely right, but the point I was making is that; Just because a product is made overseas doesn't mean it's inferior to domestic products. My reply was to the parent who was ragging on parts made overseas vs. domestically, saying that anything made in '3rd world countries' like China, Korea, and Taiwan was crap.
In terms of fabulous domestic products, I've got 2 words for you;
Ford Pinto