That was pretty much my take on it: "You mean Thunderbird won't be held hostage any longer to the impending Firefox train wreck? Oh, really? And this is bad, because...?"
I call BS. I just changed all my email passwords this week, and T-Bird had no problem whatsoever remembering any of the new ones. No restart required here.
I hope you're not seriously offering "there's been changes in HTML" as some sort of excuse for the borderline-retarded UI changes and extension breakages that the FF devs keep forcing down our throats.
I, and most others, can't commit directly to the Thunderbird source repo.
So I'm supposed to blindly accept your patch that turns every second or third ++ into a --? No thanks.
If I can't commit directly to a project's source repo, then I refuse to contribute to it.
You've got that exactly backwards: If you're unwilling to let your patch to be vetted by one or more of your peers before it's committed, then *I* refuse to consider your patch at all.
Seriously, I can't help but think that you're about 14 years old, or work for the NSA. Piss off.
Hopefully, someday soon, someone will invent a "search engine" for the Internet into which you can type a word or two, like say... I dunno... "Sikh religion", maybe, and be shown a long list of links to resources containing all manner of information about the thing described by the word or phrase you typed in.
Probably silly of me, I know--but, hey, I can dream, can't I?
It's *highly* relevant in this case because Sikhs are required by their religion to wear turbans (which you otherwise don't see too many folks in the US wearing), and because they tend towards ethnic homogeneity (nearly all of them are Punjabis), they're considered an ethnic group in many countries.
The kid brought to school an entirely harmless object that was likely purchased in a bog-standard retail outlet, and this is somehow an offence that he and his family should pay for? WTF?
Looks to me like a story about the social effects of a relatively new and not yet widely known bit of technology. If you don't like reading such stories, fine. But don't claim it's "nontech"--that just makes you look stupid.
Singapore is not really what I'd call "ethnically homogeneous" (four official languages, anyone?) but that's just a nit-pick. Otherwise, that's a pretty fair analysis.
However, Australia is also "the size of a continent, possesses vast tracks of low-population-density wilderness (very difficult to efficiently patrol/police), ethnically-diverse (which, honestly, is the cause of some of internal divisions/conflicts/paranoia/crime), and with a culture of staunch individuality" and yet the Aussies have managed to exert some sort of control over firearms. Perhaps the US could learn something from them.
I was going to make some snide remark to the effect that you shouldn't offer to define terms you don't understand, but instead I did a bit of reading and discovered that you're actually right about the nature vs nurture thing. So I learned something this morning. Thanks!
And hats off to my old ISP iiNet for sticking up for their customers rather than tossing them under the bus with a cheery "Sounds like it's your problem, matey".
Most other Western democracies have a Prime Minister, with a separate Head of State (usually a President or monarch). The US system sort of combines the two positions.
It's time you learnt a few facts, a couple of which I'll share with you here:
Yule and Saturnalia predate Christianity by a considerable margin.
Some Christian denominations have even at various times discouraged or even banned their members from celebrating Christmas on the grounds of its pagan origins.
(And if you ask me, people who live in their mothers' basements and only poke their heads out to criticise others on false premises are stupid.)
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That was pretty much my take on it: "You mean Thunderbird won't be held hostage any longer to the impending Firefox train wreck? Oh, really? And this is bad, because...?"
I call BS. I just changed all my email passwords this week, and T-Bird had no problem whatsoever remembering any of the new ones. No restart required here.
I hope you're not seriously offering "there's been changes in HTML" as some sort of excuse for the borderline-retarded UI changes and extension breakages that the FF devs keep forcing down our throats.
My wife ran off with my best friend. Damn, I miss him.
I, and most others, can't commit directly to the Thunderbird source repo.
So I'm supposed to blindly accept your patch that turns every second or third ++ into a --? No thanks.
If I can't commit directly to a project's source repo, then I refuse to contribute to it.
You've got that exactly backwards: If you're unwilling to let your patch to be vetted by one or more of your peers before it's committed, then *I* refuse to consider your patch at all.
Seriously, I can't help but think that you're about 14 years old, or work for the NSA. Piss off.
What does San Francisco Samoyed Rescue have to do with this? I'm not seeing the connection. Thanks!
And apparently nobody donated. Your point relevant to this story being...?
Hopefully, someday soon, someone will invent a "search engine" for the Internet into which you can type a word or two, like say... I dunno... "Sikh religion", maybe, and be shown a long list of links to resources containing all manner of information about the thing described by the word or phrase you typed in.
Probably silly of me, I know--but, hey, I can dream, can't I?
It's *highly* relevant in this case because Sikhs are required by their religion to wear turbans (which you otherwise don't see too many folks in the US wearing), and because they tend towards ethnic homogeneity (nearly all of them are Punjabis), they're considered an ethnic group in many countries.
Arlington is in between Dallas and Ft Worth. It actually borders the latter, but that's close enough for me, and I actually once lived in Arlington.
The kid brought to school an entirely harmless object that was likely purchased in a bog-standard retail outlet, and this is somehow an offence that he and his family should pay for? WTF?
Looks to me like a story about the social effects of a relatively new and not yet widely known bit of technology. If you don't like reading such stories, fine. But don't claim it's "nontech"--that just makes you look stupid.
Singapore is not really what I'd call "ethnically homogeneous" (four official languages, anyone?) but that's just a nit-pick. Otherwise, that's a pretty fair analysis.
However, Australia is also "the size of a continent, possesses vast tracks of low-population-density wilderness (very difficult to efficiently patrol/police), ethnically-diverse (which, honestly, is the cause of some of internal divisions/conflicts/paranoia/crime), and with a culture of staunch individuality" and yet the Aussies have managed to exert some sort of control over firearms. Perhaps the US could learn something from them.
I was going to make some snide remark to the effect that you shouldn't offer to define terms you don't understand, but instead I did a bit of reading and discovered that you're actually right about the nature vs nurture thing. So I learned something this morning. Thanks!
Eventually he'll be laughing out the other side once someone congratulates him with a right cross.
Yule was celebrated by Germanic tribes before they encountered Christianity.
ProTip: Your joke works out much better when it's not obvious that you don't understand the question.
And hats off to my old ISP iiNet for sticking up for their customers rather than tossing them under the bus with a cheery "Sounds like it's your problem, matey".
Most other Western democracies have a Prime Minister, with a separate Head of State (usually a President or monarch). The US system sort of combines the two positions.
If it's this Duncan Campbell, you might want to pay some attention.
What are you using as a control?
It's time you learnt a few facts, a couple of which I'll share with you here:
Yule and Saturnalia predate Christianity by a considerable margin.
Some Christian denominations have even at various times discouraged or even banned their members from celebrating Christmas on the grounds of its pagan origins.
(And if you ask me, people who live in their mothers' basements and only poke their heads out to criticise others on false premises are stupid.)
At best, that's a loaded question.
So, thanks but No, I won't be playing.
I saw that and thought to myself, "Yep, anything less than 95% seems 'small' to me, too, buddy."
Of course--having a worthy ancestor precludes your having a job. How silly of me.