And the $100/hour finance guy still has to validate the work and ensure that it's working as expected - he's not going to present numbers to the board of directors based on what some $10/hour kid did.
Even though that's probably where the original macros came from?
If people are fooled into thinking it's a legitimate app, then it has successfully disguised itself as a legitimate app, I'd say--your failed attempt at pedantry notwithstanding.
You and the AC who first responded both seem to think that waiting into your 20s to become sexually active is 'natural', whereas it is anything but.
It is mildly entertaining (until one considers just how much influence such types still have in our society) to watch people rationalise circles round the simple fact that it is natural to want to breed when one becomes capable of breeding. This tends to happen in the early teens. In the good old days, you took care of this problem by marrying the kids off as soon as they were old enough to breed. Making your daughter wait until she was in her 20s was considered unnatural; you were wasting a large part of her useful breeding life. Sex apart from breeding was bad, because you needed to reproduce as much as possible.
These days, we have more than enough people; we no longer need to breed like rabbits just to maintain our survival as a species. Yet we as individuals still have the need to do so; it's hard-wired into us. I personally do not advocate either a return to marriage at age 13 or 14 being the norm or spending our young adult years suppressing an essential part of our natures as a solution to this dilemma. I happen to favour birth control as the default for anyone old enough to breed; Depo-Provera sounds like a good option as it lasts long enough that becoming pregnant is something that must be decided well in advance.
It must suck when you when have to misquote the headline of the article you linked to, in order to make your "point".
It must suck even worse when you have to mischaracterise the article itself. It states that Pelosi is seeking to put limits on corporate political activity. There's nothing there that suggests she's planning to repeal or replace the First Amendment, either of which would require both an act of Congress and approval by a majority of the states.
But then, if you'd not slept through high school civics class, you'd know this stuff, wouldn't you?
Let me get this straight. You're saying that the torture depicted by Couture will give sick freaks a hard-on, but the torture depicted in Passion won't, and this is only because Mel Gibson's heart is pure, and Couture's isn't?
Do you think I just fell off a potato truck, or what?
Actually, you've hit on a good idea. Just like Netscape Navigator skipped from version 4.7 to 6 so they could jump ahead of Internet Explorer 5...
I'm guessing you weren't around at the time, because there were in fact two versions of Netscape 5.0, which you could download and play with (and I did; and I therefore take serious issue with the implication by the Wikipedia article that no binaries were ever built/released).
In any case, you're wrong. NS 5.0 was scrapped because they junked the the old codebase. NS 6.0/Mozilla (the latter of which eventually became Firefox) was a complete rewrite.
I had similar experiences as a reporter in the 90s, getting called out numerous times at 2 or 3 AM to cover various fires and accidents.
I was exposed to enough blood and guts and other misery during that time that I learned to appreciate just what difficult and unpleasant jobs first responders and fire/rescue people have, and I have to admit that I don't think I could handle it for very long myself. My compliments to you and your colleagues, Runaway.
The joke works better if the name isn't easy to sound out and doesn't consist mostly of high-frequency letters, the first 15 of those being ETAON RISHD LFCMU.
(BTW, my source for that nugget of info is Herbert S. Zim's Codes and Cryptography, which I read as a kid. Still remember that bit from it, thirty-odd years later. Wow.)
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He already has one.
Dude, if this is supposed to be some sort of a contest... you're the only one competing.
*yawn*
And the $100/hour finance guy still has to validate the work and ensure that it's working as expected - he's not going to present numbers to the board of directors based on what some $10/hour kid did.
Even though that's probably where the original macros came from?
Sucks for you that Ohio Arts isn't a supported platform, I guess.
Yes, it has really got to the point where I can read the first line of one his posts, cut straight to "Dear APK, Please die in a fire," and move on.
You've apparently misread "no-one has a monopoly on good ideas" as "no-one has a monopoly on $good_idea."
If people are fooled into thinking it's a legitimate app, then it has successfully disguised itself as a legitimate app, I'd say--your failed attempt at pedantry notwithstanding.
Your wish is my command.
You and the AC who first responded both seem to think that waiting into your 20s to become sexually active is 'natural', whereas it is anything but.
It is mildly entertaining (until one considers just how much influence such types still have in our society) to watch people rationalise circles round the simple fact that it is natural to want to breed when one becomes capable of breeding. This tends to happen in the early teens. In the good old days, you took care of this problem by marrying the kids off as soon as they were old enough to breed. Making your daughter wait until she was in her 20s was considered unnatural; you were wasting a large part of her useful breeding life. Sex apart from breeding was bad, because you needed to reproduce as much as possible.
These days, we have more than enough people; we no longer need to breed like rabbits just to maintain our survival as a species. Yet we as individuals still have the need to do so; it's hard-wired into us. I personally do not advocate either a return to marriage at age 13 or 14 being the norm or spending our young adult years suppressing an essential part of our natures as a solution to this dilemma. I happen to favour birth control as the default for anyone old enough to breed; Depo-Provera sounds like a good option as it lasts long enough that becoming pregnant is something that must be decided well in advance.
I can't compensate for an entire generation.
Although you appear to be trying like hell to do just that.
It must suck when you when have to misquote the headline of the article you linked to, in order to make your "point".
It must suck even worse when you have to mischaracterise the article itself. It states that Pelosi is seeking to put limits on corporate political activity. There's nothing there that suggests she's planning to repeal or replace the First Amendment, either of which would require both an act of Congress and approval by a majority of the states.
But then, if you'd not slept through high school civics class, you'd know this stuff, wouldn't you?
Good ideas will always be a scarce resource.
Yet no-one has a monopoly on them.
Definitely. He also seems to think he's telepathic.
... having to wear silly glasses on top of glasses *FOR THREE FRIGGING HOURS* doesn't make it any more fun.
TFTFY. Happy Holidays and all that. :D
You guys are the ones missing out. :-P
One would think there's a suitable 12-step program...
Let me get this straight. You're saying that the torture depicted by Couture will give sick freaks a hard-on, but the torture depicted in Passion won't, and this is only because Mel Gibson's heart is pure, and Couture's isn't?
Do you think I just fell off a potato truck, or what?
One to lasso the roid...
Please don't try to invent slang on the spot; the potential for embarrassing yourself is quite high.
Case in point: I have never before heard anyone use "roid" as slang for anything other than something you use Tux Medicated Pads to relieve and probably do not want to get rope-burnt by attempting to lasso it.
Actually, you've hit on a good idea. Just like Netscape Navigator skipped from version 4.7 to 6 so they could jump ahead of Internet Explorer 5...
I'm guessing you weren't around at the time, because there were in fact two versions of Netscape 5.0, which you could download and play with (and I did; and I therefore take serious issue with the implication by the Wikipedia article that no binaries were ever built/released).
In any case, you're wrong. NS 5.0 was scrapped because they junked the the old codebase. NS 6.0/Mozilla (the latter of which eventually became Firefox) was a complete rewrite.
Nope. Try again.
Google "janjaweed". Then please mod parent Informative.
I had similar experiences as a reporter in the 90s, getting called out numerous times at 2 or 3 AM to cover various fires and accidents.
I was exposed to enough blood and guts and other misery during that time that I learned to appreciate just what difficult and unpleasant jobs first responders and fire/rescue people have, and I have to admit that I don't think I could handle it for very long myself. My compliments to you and your colleagues, Runaway.
The joke works better if the name isn't easy to sound out and doesn't consist mostly of high-frequency letters, the first 15 of those being ETAON RISHD LFCMU.
(BTW, my source for that nugget of info is Herbert S. Zim's Codes and Cryptography, which I read as a kid. Still remember that bit from it, thirty-odd years later. Wow.)
I wouldn't exactly call it 'encourage[ment]'. It was used by the Romans to punish military units deemed cowardly or disobedient.
(Or maybe my sarcasm detector's not properly connected.)