She has an Associate's in Psychology and some IT certs.
She boasts of driving a stick shift as a special skill. I hate to break her bubble, but this is something I learned by watching my dad do it when I was about 12 years old.
My own academic credentials are somewhat lacking, but---driving a stick shift? Cut me a fucking break.
You had me coming along for the ride until I hit this:
At no point have they stopped to think that perhaps men have as many grudges against women as women do against men, but are simply more forgiving of them.
What a marvellously crafted troll. Well played, sir. Well played.
I never thought of English as a rich language. All the good words that seem to enrich the language are mostly just acquired from other languages. And since our linguistic rules (both syntax and the separation of verbs, nouns and adjectives) is rather fluid, English speakers can be pretty lazy when it comes to stringing a sentence together.
Evidently "rich" to you means something other than what it does to the rest of us, since most people would say that its unusually large lexicon and wide range of syntactic choices are *exactly* what make English a comparatively "rich" language.
I don't bother with a dedicated audio device other than the sound system that goes with our widescreen TV--which I do prefer over my phone, tablet, or laptop for viewing films. I also own a couple of 'semi-nice' cameras (a Canon and a Sony).
Never had any interest in getting a dedicated GPS, as I find that my phone + Google Maps/Earth is already good for 10 metres or so of accuracy, which is sufficient for most of my purposes other than targeting precision strikes from my orbital battle station, which I've not felt the need to do recently.
popular != [merely] 'widely known': popular = 'widely liked'.
For example, I would not characterise a Pap smear as "popular" with women, even though every woman I know is well aware of it, and has one done every year or so.
Likewise, I would not refer to toothbrushes as "popular" despite the fact that I don't think I know a single person who doesn't own at least one of them.
In any case, my original point still stands:
The most effective and insidious form of censorship is not distinguished by mere blocking of access to facts; rather, it is accomplished by persuading people that truths considered undesirable by the rulers are actually falsehoods, or--even better--simply unimportant.
This is how the big boys do it--with misinformation. No black magic marker required!
Seems like when a patent or copyright troll is shown to be making baseless lawsuits, there should be some more appropriate response. When child molesters are convicted, their names and faces are made public. Shouldn't there be a website for bottom-feeding suckerfish?
That's not a very nice or fair comparison.
Please, think of the real bottom-feeders out there performing a useful ecological function in our lakes and rivers.
I've been sexually active for about 35 years, had about a dozen sexual partners, been married to two of them, and fathered a child. While many of my liaisons have been problematic, sexual congress and my ability to partake in same has not been one of the problems--other than for an annoying tendency on the part of women to propose marriage to me after one night in the sack. I'll never be mistaken for a movie star, and I sure as hell ain't rich, so... feel free to spin your own theory as to why this happens. I outgrew the false modesty thing years ago, BTW, so I already have mine.
So what sort of problems will I have with Mr Trouser Mouser, and when can I expect them, to start? No, really.
I'm circumcised, you see. Yeah, really.
And according to you, I'm mutilated and dysfunctional and doomed to a life of sexual fail. So if I'm really going to have to give up on all this nice fucking that I've been enjoying so very thoroughly all my adult life, I'd like to know when to expect the Decline And Fall (as it were), so I can plan some shuffleboard or macramé classes or something to fill the gap.
Looking forward to your sage counsel on this important matter!
There's no difference. The donor is still just a donor, and the donor signs a waiver to that effect.
At least, *I* sure as hell would not sell or donate any of my baby-batter for such use without an iron-clad waiver absolving me of any rights/responsibilities whatsoever to/for any resulting offspring. You'd have to be completely nuts to do something like that without one.
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She has an Associate's in Psychology and some IT certs.
She boasts of driving a stick shift as a special skill. I hate to break her bubble, but this is something I learned by watching my dad do it when I was about 12 years old.
My own academic credentials are somewhat lacking, but---driving a stick shift? Cut me a fucking break.
I was wondering when we'd hear from the folks in HR...
Most tech people (not the ITT/college/mil tech crowd) have social disorders like aspergers...
Oh for sweet fuck's sake, when you start out by just making shit up, don't expect anyone to take you seriously at all. Just don't.
True! Words come from all manner of strange places...
For example, 'decimate' originated with the Roman practise of punishing disloyal or cowardly units by executing 1 man in 10.
I'm sorry... what was your point again, exactly?
You had me coming along for the ride until I hit this:
At no point have they stopped to think that perhaps men have as many grudges against women as women do against men, but are simply more forgiving of them.
What a marvellously crafted troll. Well played, sir. Well played.
Yes, we get the 'gate' part, thanks very much, smartass.
Well, I am relatively new here, but I still like Elbereth's headline heaps better.
ICC isn't bad. It's not open source, but you can obtain it gratis for non-commercial use.
I never thought of English as a rich language. All the good words that seem to enrich the language are mostly just acquired from other languages. And since our linguistic rules (both syntax and the separation of verbs, nouns and adjectives) is rather fluid, English speakers can be pretty lazy when it comes to stringing a sentence together.
Evidently "rich" to you means something other than what it does to the rest of us, since most people would say that its unusually large lexicon and wide range of syntactic choices are *exactly* what make English a comparatively "rich" language.
It's the Perl of human languages.
Don't forget to nuke LVNV.
I like how this post seems to just sum up every Slashdot comment, ever.
That's a pretty garbled summary.
Oh, absolutely, that it's actually marginally intelligible is rather worrisome.
I suspect that one of our Slashdot editors has been secretly replaced with Folger's Crystals.
Bzzzzzzzt. You left out "The Cloud". :)
Word.
My hat is off to you, Good Sir/Ma'am/Fido.
It's sort of clever, but I burned up all my mod points over in the DRM thread. Sorry.
I don't bother with a dedicated audio device other than the sound system that goes with our widescreen TV--which I do prefer over my phone, tablet, or laptop for viewing films. I also own a couple of 'semi-nice' cameras (a Canon and a Sony).
Never had any interest in getting a dedicated GPS, as I find that my phone + Google Maps/Earth is already good for 10 metres or so of accuracy, which is sufficient for most of my purposes other than targeting precision strikes from my orbital battle station, which I've not felt the need to do recently.
Dude, get some counselling already. What a tragic waste of a young life...
Forgot to mention that some of them are quite tasty as well!
Wow, Troll AND Overrated! My collection is almost complete. :P
popular != [merely] 'widely known': popular = 'widely liked'.
For example, I would not characterise a Pap smear as "popular" with women, even though every woman I know is well aware of it, and has one done every year or so.
Likewise, I would not refer to toothbrushes as "popular" despite the fact that I don't think I know a single person who doesn't own at least one of them.
In any case, my original point still stands:
The most effective and insidious form of censorship is not distinguished by mere blocking of access to facts; rather, it is accomplished by persuading people that truths considered undesirable by the rulers are actually falsehoods, or--even better--simply unimportant.
This is how the big boys do it--with misinformation. No black magic marker required!
Seems like when a patent or copyright troll is shown to be making baseless lawsuits, there should be some more appropriate response. When child molesters are convicted, their names and faces are made public. Shouldn't there be a website for bottom-feeding suckerfish?
That's not a very nice or fair comparison.
Please, think of the real bottom-feeders out there performing a useful ecological function in our lakes and rivers.
I think that "much" is not a verb.
Oracle, perhaps? We can only hope...
I've been sexually active for about 35 years, had about a dozen sexual partners, been married to two of them, and fathered a child. While many of my liaisons have been problematic, sexual congress and my ability to partake in same has not been one of the problems--other than for an annoying tendency on the part of women to propose marriage to me after one night in the sack. I'll never be mistaken for a movie star, and I sure as hell ain't rich, so... feel free to spin your own theory as to why this happens. I outgrew the false modesty thing years ago, BTW, so I already have mine.
So what sort of problems will I have with Mr Trouser Mouser, and when can I expect them, to start? No, really.
I'm circumcised, you see. Yeah, really.
And according to you, I'm mutilated and dysfunctional and doomed to a life of sexual fail. So if I'm really going to have to give up on all this nice fucking that I've been enjoying so very thoroughly all my adult life, I'd like to know when to expect the Decline And Fall (as it were), so I can plan some shuffleboard or macramé classes or something to fill the gap.
Looking forward to your sage counsel on this important matter!
There's no difference. The donor is still just a donor, and the donor signs a waiver to that effect.
At least, *I* sure as hell would not sell or donate any of my baby-batter for such use without an iron-clad waiver absolving me of any rights/responsibilities whatsoever to/for any resulting offspring. You'd have to be completely nuts to do something like that without one.