Republicans do suck on a lot of things but the Democrats take the cake here as well.
And you suck at using the phrase "take the cake", which is generally intended to be a superlative--the idea is that what takes it is beyond comparison.
Please try to believe me when I say this, but the iPhone is a must-have gadget in China.
I'm trying to believe, but I smell bullshit. My partner's mother is very happy with her S2.
In fact, she couldn't wait to show it off to us when she visited about 6 months ago. (I put away my S3 and got out my old S1 for a while, so as not to show her up.)
As the wife of a PLA officer and Party member in good standing, Ma could absolutely have an iPhone if she wanted one. No need to ask you to believe that, either.
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No longer having sole ownership of a market and not having any relevance in it are two altogether different things.
And just because I mostly detest Apple does not mean it will melt away into nothing anytime soon. Good luck with that.
Situation: Oh, two Bank of America apps on my desktop. Hmmm. Which one is the legit app? Oh well, one way to find out! (How long until malware gets installed on computers imitating those apps?)
(More or less echoes the first thing that went through my head as soon as I read the summary.)
If you have to do everything yourself, you're not a god, you're just that guy in the cubicle at the end of the row who doesn't understand shell scripting.
Alas, that' s probably too long to fit on a T-shirt, else I'd have one printed.:)
I can't tell if you're confusing PCs with phones, confusing hardware with software, trolling, or just high. There's just too many non sequiturs to be able to tell.
PC hardware isn't subsidised. (A discount on Windows is not a hardware subsidy.)
I've been running an OSS desktop or laptop almost exclusively for the last 7+ years.
It's been close to ten years since I've encountered a PC that I couldn't install Linux on.
I'm not running OSS because I didn't build my laptop from parts? WTF?
Yeah; what this really shows is that our "smart phone" technology is still too limited. The way they should work is that as soon as the photo is taken, it's sent wirelessly to an archive.
Um? The Google+ app for Android has had this capability for some time now. In fact, it's enabled by default, and I had to disable it to keep every photo I take with my phone from being uploaded to Google's servers.
Honestly, in this whole back and forth we see here is exactly the same frightening assumption that is the root cause of this kind of abuse of authority.
Police are not military. Police are civilians....
Are you sure that you're not the one making unwarranted assumptions?
Crazy that the FDA blocked Thalidomide while the EU got squid babies. I'll take late over unsafe.
What EU? You're talking about an entity that didn't yet exist--and wouldn't, for another 30 years or so (Treaty of Maasricht, 1993). In fact, Thalidomide was distributed widely in some European countries, and almost not at all in some others, depending on actions taken by various national health authorities.
You also make it sound like there was never any Thalidomide distributed in the US, which is not exactly the case:
Although thalidomide was never approved for sale in the United States at the time, millions of tablets had been distributed to physicians during a clinical testing program. It was impossible to know how many pregnant women had been given the drug to help alleviate morning sickness or as a sedative.
Yes, I'm quite glad that the US have an FDA, and that relatively few people were born without limbs there as a result in early 1960s (my brother and I not being among them, thank goodness!). Dr Kelsey certainly earned the award she later received for standing up to Big Pharma and blocking sale of the drug in the US.
No, there is no reason to employ fuzzy thinking, inaccuracy, or hyperbole either to appreciate these things or to bring them to others' attention.
You've got it backwards. Adverbs of place are used in such contexts with the assumption that text is written from top to bottom (which by, interesting coincidence, it almost always is, wow):
"What X said *above*" = "what X said *previously*"
"What X says *below*" = "what X says, *following this*"
Therefore, you should have written, "...you did a better job of countering PopeRatzo's assumptions than I did above."
You're welcome.
P.S. Ratzo is dead on target, so I guess that's not the only thing you've got backwards.
Today we produce about as much steel as we did in 1974 but we do it with less than 1/3rd the workforce, modern mills just aren't as labor intensive as the old ones and while that's bad if you're a worker unable to find a replacement job at comparable wages it's good for the economy overall.
How is an unemployed worker good for the economy overall?
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Republicans do suck on a lot of things but the Democrats take the cake here as well.
And you suck at using the phrase "take the cake", which is generally intended to be a superlative--the idea is that what takes it is beyond comparison.
You're welcome.
Please try to believe me when I say this, but the iPhone is a must-have gadget in China.
I'm trying to believe, but I smell bullshit. My partner's mother is very happy with her S2.
In fact, she couldn't wait to show it off to us when she visited about 6 months ago. (I put away my S3 and got out my old S1 for a while, so as not to show her up.)
As the wife of a PLA officer and Party member in good standing, Ma could absolutely have an iPhone if she wanted one. No need to ask you to believe that, either.
No longer having sole ownership of a market and not having any relevance in it are two altogether different things.
And just because I mostly detest Apple does not mean it will melt away into nothing anytime soon. Good luck with that.
I tried this out at least a month ago.
Way cool, yes.
News, no.
This is completely off-topic... but I'd really like to change that to "Maoist and dewy", and see how long it took anyone to catch on.
This is original? You're good. I would probably enjoy being your editor.
Nitpick: The singular of "phenomena" is phenomenon. :)
Actually, I'm pretty sure he meant, "hungry, man-eating beasts".
Now do all of you see the importance of a comma?
Idiot! You know what happens when you mention host f----%NO_CARRIER%
Situation: Oh, two Bank of America apps on my desktop. Hmmm. Which one is the legit app? Oh well, one way to find out! (How long until malware gets installed on computers imitating those apps?)
(More or less echoes the first thing that went through my head as soon as I read the summary.)
That's not to say *no one ever* called them "apps" before, but the widespread usage of the term is entirely due to the mobile market.
Okay, so if you are actually older than 14, just how long did you spend under that rock? 30 years or thereabouts? Geez.
If you have to do everything yourself, you're not a god, you're just that guy in the cubicle at the end of the row who doesn't understand shell scripting.
Alas, that' s probably too long to fit on a T-shirt, else I'd have one printed. :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVGINIsLnqU
I can't tell if you're confusing PCs with phones, confusing hardware with software, trolling, or just high. There's just too many non sequiturs to be able to tell.
PC hardware isn't subsidised. (A discount on Windows is not a hardware subsidy.)
I've been running an OSS desktop or laptop almost exclusively for the last 7+ years.
It's been close to ten years since I've encountered a PC that I couldn't install Linux on.
I'm not running OSS because I didn't build my laptop from parts? WTF?
What do my politics have to do with it, fascist running dog?
Spot on.
No mod points today, alas.
Yeah; what this really shows is that our "smart phone" technology is still too limited. The way they should work is that as soon as the photo is taken, it's sent wirelessly to an archive.
Um? The Google+ app for Android has had this capability for some time now. In fact, it's enabled by default, and I had to disable it to keep every photo I take with my phone from being uploaded to Google's servers.
Honestly, in this whole back and forth we see here is exactly the same frightening assumption that is the root cause of this kind of abuse of authority.
Police are not military. Police are civilians....
Are you sure that you're not the one making unwarranted assumptions?
This is not an "I was just following orders" as used in the Munich trials...
Huh? Are you by chance referring to the Nuremburg Trials?
I hate to break this to you, but the only one who thinks regulation has to be perfect in order to yield any benefits is... you.
Crazy that the FDA blocked Thalidomide while the EU got squid babies. I'll take late over unsafe.
What EU? You're talking about an entity that didn't yet exist--and wouldn't, for another 30 years or so (Treaty of Maasricht, 1993). In fact, Thalidomide was distributed widely in some European countries, and almost not at all in some others, depending on actions taken by various national health authorities.
You also make it sound like there was never any Thalidomide distributed in the US, which is not exactly the case:
Although thalidomide was never approved for sale in the United States at the time, millions of tablets had been distributed to physicians during a clinical testing program. It was impossible to know how many pregnant women had been given the drug to help alleviate morning sickness or as a sedative.
Yes, I'm quite glad that the US have an FDA, and that relatively few people were born without limbs there as a result in early 1960s (my brother and I not being among them, thank goodness!). Dr Kelsey certainly earned the award she later received for standing up to Big Pharma and blocking sale of the drug in the US.
No, there is no reason to employ fuzzy thinking, inaccuracy, or hyperbole either to appreciate these things or to bring them to others' attention.
You've got it backwards. Adverbs of place are used in such contexts with the assumption that text is written from top to bottom (which by, interesting coincidence, it almost always is, wow):
"What X said *above*" = "what X said *previously*"
"What X says *below*" = "what X says, *following this*"
Therefore, you should have written, "...you did a better job of countering PopeRatzo's assumptions than I did above."
You're welcome.
P.S. Ratzo is dead on target, so I guess that's not the only thing you've got backwards.
Because they dissolve away to nothing...?
Wrong. It seems to be an attempt to start a new (and lame) meme. You should read more.
They told me if I voted for McCain, ...
(In lieu of -1, Redundant mod:) That was funny the first time, but you can give it a rest now. Thanks.
Today we produce about as much steel as we did in 1974 but we do it with less than 1/3rd the workforce, modern mills just aren't as labor intensive as the old ones and while that's bad if you're a worker unable to find a replacement job at comparable wages it's good for the economy overall.
How is an unemployed worker good for the economy overall?