For example me and a few friends like to go camping, I'm sure we'd do more of that. It's good exercise, good nature experience and a social event. The tangible output for society though? Nothing.
Nonsense. Society benefits by having members who are healthy and well-adjusted.
Well, *the Buddha* did not commit suicide in that story or in any others of which I'm aware. The name Mahasattva means "great goodness" or "purity", BTW.
Yeah, it's going to be horrid in Stockholm this spring and summer, I fear. The city lies close to the water, and there are lots of boggy/forest-y bits in the surrounding area. And I happen to live right next door to the Nacka Reserve which is nothing but woods and wetland filled with all manner of wildlife--including mosquitoes that remain active until the temperature gets below 2C or so. We NEED about 3-4 weeks at -10C or colder in order to kill off those little bastards... and so far this year, that has simply not happened.
BTW, I used live in Brisbane, and thought I knew about mosquitoes. Then I moved to Sweden. Aussie mozzies are complete poofters when compared to svenska myggor.
The cross-country trains in Sweden are not bad at all. I usually go in first class, which includes a decent plate lunch (well, it tends to run to köttbullar, potatismos, lingon, which isn't all that exciting, but it's not likely to be messed up, either) and all the free fruit, cakes, and coffee/tea I want. It also includes wifi, which works quite well and is not noticeably throttled or otherwise limited.
An additional bonus is that the toilets in first tend to remain much cleaner for much longer. (I am not that fussy... but prefer not to have to wade through someone else's pee, thanks.)
And you go direct from downtown Stockholm to downtown $destination_city. In theory, you can fly from Stockholm to Malmö or Copenhagen in less than an hour. In practise--by the time I get all the way out to Arlanda airport (at least an hour from my part of the city), get through checkin/security/boarding/flying/landing/baggage pickup and get from Kastrup (airport) into the downtown of whichever city I'm going to (they face one another across the Øresund, BTW)... well... it seems I've not saved any time or hassle at all by flying. But I have spent more money than I would have for a train ticket.
It is not like IM was invented yesterday you know? Some of us have better things to do than figure out what's the irrelevant app of the day.
I've never heard of it either and I'm not that old, maybe it's only popular in certain regions? One of those third world fads?
I get the impression that it is popular in *cough* certain countries *cough* where the telcos freely rape their customers over text messages and mobile data.
Where I live (Sweden), I get unlimited texting and nearly unlimited (5GB/mo) data for about 50 bucks a month. Since this is a very typical plan from a very typical Scandinavian carrier (Telenor), I am not surprised that I've neither seen nor heard of this app before.
Sometimes Yes, sometimes No; it depends on the context. If you're asking a question about what's quoted, then the question mark goes on the outside. So in this case, he's right and you're wrong.
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You missed his huge hard-on for the National Security State.
For example me and a few friends like to go camping, I'm sure we'd do more of that. It's good exercise, good nature experience and a social event. The tangible output for society though? Nothing.
Nonsense. Society benefits by having members who are healthy and well-adjusted.
Never heard of the Rat Park study. That looks fascinating--thanks for the link.
That is a matter of perspective.
Well, *the Buddha* did not commit suicide in that story or in any others of which I'm aware. The name Mahasattva means "great goodness" or "purity", BTW.
YOU might not care.
But the fact that many, many other humans DO care is a factor that you should not dismiss so quickly or lightly, Grasshopper.
Like the man said, "Nobody gets out of here alive."
Buddhism goes so far as to feature a story of the Buddha himself committing suicide just to feed some hungry tiger cubs.
[citation needed]
No, seriously. I'm a Buddhist and I've never heard of such a story. Linky, please.
Why not be even more comfortable, and confine yourself to going after those who are infringing and profiting from it?
That's "Canajian", isn't it?
A $5000 limit is going to make persuing non commercial infringers economically unviable.
...and this is supposed to be a bad thing, because...?
I never ceased to be amazed at some folks' inability to parse perfectly grammatical and sensible English.
I can't believe that many people are that stupid, so I ascribe it to "That sentence is longer than 12 words, and that's already too much effort."
Just so you know... In EVERY other country on the planet EXCEPT the USA: zero = freezing.
And you forgot to link to goatse. Can't you do anything right?
Yeah, it's going to be horrid in Stockholm this spring and summer, I fear. The city lies close to the water, and there are lots of boggy/forest-y bits in the surrounding area. And I happen to live right next door to the Nacka Reserve which is nothing but woods and wetland filled with all manner of wildlife--including mosquitoes that remain active until the temperature gets below 2C or so. We NEED about 3-4 weeks at -10C or colder in order to kill off those little bastards... and so far this year, that has simply not happened.
BTW, I used live in Brisbane, and thought I knew about mosquitoes. Then I moved to Sweden. Aussie mozzies are complete poofters when compared to svenska myggor.
I always care about having more choices. Why do you hate our freedoms?
The cross-country trains in Sweden are not bad at all. I usually go in first class, which includes a decent plate lunch (well, it tends to run to köttbullar, potatismos, lingon, which isn't all that exciting, but it's not likely to be messed up, either) and all the free fruit, cakes, and coffee/tea I want. It also includes wifi, which works quite well and is not noticeably throttled or otherwise limited.
An additional bonus is that the toilets in first tend to remain much cleaner for much longer. (I am not that fussy... but prefer not to have to wade through someone else's pee, thanks.)
And you go direct from downtown Stockholm to downtown $destination_city. In theory, you can fly from Stockholm to Malmö or Copenhagen in less than an hour. In practise--by the time I get all the way out to Arlanda airport (at least an hour from my part of the city), get through checkin/security/boarding/flying/landing/baggage pickup and get from Kastrup (airport) into the downtown of whichever city I'm going to (they face one another across the Øresund, BTW)... well... it seems I've not saved any time or hassle at all by flying. But I have spent more money than I would have for a train ticket.
Is that supposed to be a haiku? Otherwise, I will indeed have to mod you -1, I don't get it.
Cats are at an evolutionary disadvantage...
I see you highlighting a difference while offering no convincing evidence that this is a disadvantage.
(Hey, somebody's got to stick up for the little furry dole-bludgers.)
And those are his GOOD points...
And you seem unable to connect the dots. I'm with His Holiness on this one.
Obama is responsible for the massive increase in Federal spending, even under the Bush years.
The President has no authority over Federal spending....
Man, that's the loudest WHOOOSH I've heard in a while.
Or you could do the sensible thing and learn to alt-drag anywhere on the window...
That requires two hands rather than one. So you might be used to it, but that doesn't make it more usable.
It is not like IM was invented yesterday you know? Some of us have better things to do than figure out what's the irrelevant app of the day.
I've never heard of it either and I'm not that old, maybe it's only popular in certain regions? One of those third world fads?
I get the impression that it is popular in *cough* certain countries *cough* where the telcos freely rape their customers over text messages and mobile data.
Where I live (Sweden), I get unlimited texting and nearly unlimited (5GB/mo) data for about 50 bucks a month. Since this is a very typical plan from a very typical Scandinavian carrier (Telenor), I am not surprised that I've neither seen nor heard of this app before.
While we're at it, question marks aren't lead
That's right, they're not made from Element #82.
with a space
(They're not preceded by spaces, either.)
and they belong on the inside of quotation marks.
Sometimes Yes, sometimes No; it depends on the context. If you're asking a question about what's quoted, then the question mark goes on the outside. So in this case, he's right and you're wrong.